Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the commissioner’s power to dictate conversations about baseball, realignment possibilities, whether league distinctions still matter, how much they have to banter about, Victor Robles’s bat throw and suspension, the latest Tommy Pham flare-up, a Ketel Marte controversy, the Brewers, the Blue Jays, and what teams’ styles of play represent, a two-pitch inning, the promotion of Samuel Basallo and the Orioles’ future at catcher, Zack Wheeler’s injury and the Phillies’ unaccustomed uncertainty with Wheeler and Aaron Nola, Bryan Woo’s six-inning streak, Kyle Tucker’s slump, Ceddanne Rafaela’s positional splits, three Seymours, and Cody Ponce’s KBO dominance.

Audio outro: Philip Tapley and Michael Stokes, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Manfred’s comment

Link to Selig on realignment

Link to Nesbitt on realignment

Link to team travel mileage

Link to climate change article

Link to Robles suspension article

Link to Robles apology

Link to Pham article

Link to Piecoro on Ketel

Link to Nightengale on Ketel

Link to Perdomo on Ketel

Link to Ketel apology

Link to 1.0+ WAR Brewers

Link to Rosenthal on the Brewers

Link to Sam on the Brewers

Link to two-pitch-inning game

Link to MiLB two-pitch-inning

Link to Basallo promotion

Link to Basallo analysis

Link to rookie eligibility tweet

Link to rookie eligibility explainer

Link to Wheeler injury article

Link to team SP projections

Link to Woo article 1

Link to Woo article 2

Link to Tucker benching news

Link to Laurila on Rafaela

Link to Kruk comment

Link to knocker-up wiki

Link to three Seymours

Link to Bob promotion

Link to Bob Emergency

Link to Seymour Weiner news

Link to baby-name data

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