Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Trent Grisham’s 30-homer season is more or less surprising than Juan Soto’s almost-30-steal season, Colson Montgomery’s dinger spree, why there hasn’t been a no-hitter this season, and the exciting-but-boring AL/NL West races. Then (26:47) they bring on top-tier Patreon supporter Ashton Moss to banter about his baseball background and answer listener emails about the value of crowds, minor leaguers and strikeouts, WAR and pitcher value, the effect of funk on familiarity, double switches, automatic doubles, missing bats, rounding bases, and BP with fielders, plus (1:46:18) a postscript.

Audio interstitial: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Trammell bat story

Link to FB% leaders

Link to Montgomery leaderboard

Link to no no-nos article

Link to no-hit-starts query

Link to team records since 8/1

Link to Ballers story

Link to Carter story

Link to Hang Up

Link to Day’s non-piercing

Link to Clippers Wall

Link to Clippers logo

Link to PTFO podcast

Link to S-JAWS

Link to Lincecum splits

Link to double switch wiki

Link to dictionary definition

Link to ground rule double wiki

Link to pitch types penalty

Link to “My Oh My”

Link to “speedball” reference

Link to “2-3 count”

Link to listener emails database

Link to MuniciPals Golf Podcast

Link to listener emails

Link to Data Golf

Link to Data Golf interview

Link to bomb and gouge info

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