Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Blooper, the All-Star-Game-hosting Braves’ flagging fortunes, the pre-deadline trade market, the simultaneous surges of Ceddanne Rafaela and Pete Crow-Armstrong, the performances of old pitchers Charlie Morton, Clayton Kershaw, and Justin Verlander, and the death and legacy of Lee Elia, then (1:01:44) share several Stat Blasts about players who were All-Stars in their worst seasons, teams with reverse records against good/bad opponents, Billy McKinney and serial replacement-level players, and more.

Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Blooper bio

Link to Blooper origin story

Link to Blooper origin story 2

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to Neil on parity

Link to Passan deadline preview 1

Link to Passan deadline preview 2

Link to WAR leaders since June

Link to Petriello on Rafaela

Link to over-40 pitchers

Link to run support

Link to best ERAs since 2021

Link to Elia obit

Link to Elia retrospective

Link to Elia retrospective 2

Link to Elia retrospective 3

Link Elia recording

Link to bleeped Elia recording

Link to oldest rookie hitter All-Stars

Link to oldest rookie pitcher All-Stars

Link to all-stars in worst season

Link to all-stars in worst full season

Link to Hunter obit

Link to one-run-game data

Link to backward team data

Link to MLBTR on McKinney

Link to replacement-level data

Link to Angels tweet

Link to Stat Blast notes

Link to listener emails database

Link to Kalkman on Clarke

Link to NCAA concussion news

Link to mound-movement math

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