Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their plans for playoff livestreams and an MLB attendance announcement, then recap the highlights of the last weekend of the regular season and discuss what excites them about the playoffs. Along the way, they rank the collapses of the Astros, Tigers, and Mets and banter about trade-deadline do-overs, playoff-clinching walk-offs, Game 162 incentives, whether tiebreakers are fairer than tiebreaker games, a smart save by a first-base coach, the scariest October teams relative to the regular season, the AL wild card matchups, two Alex Cora quotes, the potential for first-time champions, and more, plus follow-ups.

Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to livestreams sign-up

Link to MLB press release

Link to attendance stats

Link to year-over-year attendance

Link to Marte robbery

Link to Rafaela triple

Link to Sam on walk-off triples

Link to Trout homers

Link to Trout streak

Link to Alomar Jr. intervention

Link to Kayfus walk-off

Link to Norby quote

Link to Mets/Marlins history

Link to MLBTR on Alonso

Link to Cora quote

Link to haters meme

Link to FG staff predictions

Link to preseason playoff odds

Link to other Cora quote

Link to mid-May Gleyber pull rate

Link to May 12 Gleyber game

Link to first-year postseason starters

Link to MLBTR on Toboni

Link to lowest K%+

Link to Adames dinger

Link to Episode 2350

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