Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the standings and stakes of an unexpectedly wild last week of the regular season, whether there’s such as a thing as a playoff team that can’t make a deep run, why Cal Raleigh is the player of the year regardless of whether he wins MVP, whether it still makes sense to say that fan-favorite players will never have to buy a meal/drink in their team’s city, the unique celebrations of Pirates pitcher Dauri Moreta, the official arrival of the ABS challenge system, the Marlins calling pitches from the dugout, the extent to which coaches should influence games, and Mike Trout’s barehand catch with a fan.

Audio outro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ben on the last week

Link to latest HUAL episode

Link to Jay on playoff permutations

Link to largest lost leads

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to BaseRuns standings

Link to team payrolls

Link to The Phantom Menace scene

Link to player of the year award

Link to historic achievement award

Link to FG mailbag

Link to Moreta video

Link to Moreta nickname story

Link to challenge system explainer

Link to Marlins story 1

Link to Marlins story 2

Link to 2016 Dodgers story

Link to Trout article/video

Link to Petriello post

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