Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about torpedo bats (remember them?), Cody Bellinger’s good year and confounding career, recent comments by Craig Counsell and Aaron Boone, the impending call-up of Bubba Chandler and the recent arrival of Owen Caissie, the weirdest things about being a pro baseball player, a zombie-runner-induced ending to a pitcher’s duel, and Alien: Earth as a baseball show.

Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Straw update

Link to Sam on Bellinger

Link to Clay interview

Link to Tribune on Counsell

Link to latest Counsell quote

Link to 2018 Counsell quote

Link to The Athletic on Counsell

Link to Brewers subreddit post

Link to Chandler call-up

Link to rookie eligibility tweet

Link to rookie eligibility explainer

Link to Caissie debut story

Link to Marte apology article

Link to Marte apology article 2

Link to Tigers-Astros game

Link to Oort Cloud wiki

Link to Ben on sci-fi

Link to Buck Bockai

Link to Dixon Hill

Link to Captain Proton

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