Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the delights of the last week of the regular season, the Dodgers’ bullpen problems, and what kind of compromise the challenge system is, then (43:09) answer listener emails about where the warning track extends, the easiest day at the office for a batter, a player who exclusively hits one single per game, whether MLB front offices are Bayesian or frequentist, the relative strength of the AL and NL, and ticky-tack tags, plus (1:37:08) a postscript.

Audio outro: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Skubal error clip

Link to MLBTR on Fry

Link to Tigers/Guardians game story

Link to MLBTR on Sasaki

Link to D-Backs/Dodgers game story

Link to Sheehan on challenges

Link to Goldstein on challenges

Link to Posnanski on challenges

Link to warning track definition

Link to Arenado play

Link to Stanton post

Link to Sam on NoPAPH

Link to NoPAPH by year

Link to 2025 NoPAPH

Link to Yount incident

Link to FG wOBA values

Link to Bayesian inference wiki

Link to frequentist inference wiki

Link to Marlins listing

Link to multiple Marlins listings

Link to Guardians listing

Link to Red Sox listing

Link to Rockies listing

Link to Angels listing

Link to Mets listing

Link to Springer tag

Link to Cameron on sliding 1

Link to Cameron on sliding 2

Link to listener emails database

Link to 2014 F1 story

Link to pitwall explainer

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