Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Richard Lovelady’s qualified embrace of the nickname “Dicky,” the return of players named “Otto” to the major leagues, Denzel Clarke’s increasingly extreme offense-defense divide, Cal Raleigh’s records (and MVP) pursuit, Bryan Woo as Seattle’s starting stalwart, the underrated Eugenio Suárez, Byron Buxton’s success, the loudness of Yankee Stadium (and MLB ballparks in general), Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s shoeless sprint, the Phillies’ tandem slide, the demotion of Francisco Alvarez, catcher offense, and the Rockies’ reported interest in rehiring Bud Black, plus (1:23:53) postscript updates.

Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Lovelady article

Link to Lovelady tweets

Link to players named Otto

Link to baby-name data

Link to baby-name app

Link to Otto popularity

Link to FRV leaderboard

Link to Langs on Cal’s pace

Link to FG post on Cal

Link to B-Ref on Woo

Link to M’s WAR leaders

Link to team SP WAR

Link to team wRC+

Link to Players of the Week

Link to Suárez tweet

Link to Suárez career ranking

Link to Buxton surgery article

Link to Buxton recovery article

Link to plica syndrome wiki

Link to Jay on Yankee Stadium

Link to Jazz article

Link to Phillies slide article

Link to Phillies slide GIF

Link to Baumann comment

Link to Major League clip

Link to Phillies sprint speeds

Link to Alvarez demotion article

Link to MLBTR on Alvarez

Link to catcher offense

Link to shortstop offense

Link to Nightengale report

Link to Ben on ex-pitcher managers

Link to MLBTR on Brebbia

Link to team RP WAR

Link to Asensio article

Link to Myers play

Link to Angels Stathead query

Link to times on base wiki

Link to Colvin post

Link to Colvin article

Link to Colvin video

Link to NPR on broken bats

Link to maple vs. ash article

Link to Monrovians game info

Link to Kilroy was here wiki

Link to Sogard post

Link to Ben on long PAs

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