Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether any of the teams that sold at the trade deadline can make an improbable playoff run, whether the Dodgers’ position in the playoff race refutes or confirms preseason fears about their advantages, and the accelerating splintering of sports broadcasts (MLB on the Poob tube!), then answer emails (41:40) about Roman Anthony’s OBP, driving/batting in runs with walks, and Juan Soto vs. players traded for him, before (1:03:34) talking to FanGraphs founder David Appelman about the site’s 20th anniversary.

Audio interstitial: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to divisional comebacks story

Link to Paine on bad/expensive teams

Link to burgers story

Link to BP IL Ledger

Link to baseball streaming story

Link to streaming meme

Link to more on the meme

Link to streaming expenses story

Link to Bois on Bonds

Link to listener emails database

Link to previous Appelman appearance

Link to Appelman’s birthday appearance

Link to death of dial-up

Link to Crawford conversation

Link to Speier post

Link to podcast-description stats

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