Ben Lindbergh brings on Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer of The Bandwagon to banter in a hopefully not-immediately-dated way about the first two days of playoff action, including the Dodgers dispatching the Reds, Dave Roberts using “Strategy,” Aaron Boone’s perceived mismanaging, the flamethrowing Mason Miller and a playoff-pitch-speed conundrum, and more, plus conversation about how teams with byes are trying to stay ready, the league’s many managerial openings, whether running the Rockies is a good gig, the Rafael Devers trade in retrospect, and the best teams to bandwagon, followed (1:33:54) by a postscript.

Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to The Bandwagon

Link to Episode 2105

Link to Hannah on the Phillies’ prep

Link to Phillies intrasquad game

Link to Ichiro scrimmage story

Link to Ben on the mid-PA pitching change

Link to Girardi on “Strategy”

Link to 2024 “Strategy” episode

Link to Vesia one-pitch K

Link to Vesia scoring quirk

Link to Anderson tweet about Miller

Link to article about Miller

Link to Miller video

Link to fastest postseason pitches

Link to fastest regular-season pitches

Link to Eno on playoff pitch speeds

Link to The Ringer’s postseason storylines

Link to Obama anger translator sketch

Link to Crochet vs. LHP tweet

Link to The Bandwagon on Boone

Link to Chisholm dive

Link to Cora’s follow-up

Link to Breslow on Devers

Link to Diamond tweet

Link to Sarris tweet

Link to Baggarly on Posey

Link to MLBTR on the Rockies

Link to manager vacancies

Link to Arrested Development meme

Link to DeLauter debut article

Link to DeLauter debut play

Link to Lemon/Bearden kiss

Link to article on the kiss

Link to 1991 Mets article

Link to streaks data

Link to SB distribution graphs

Link to SB distribution data

Link to Sacramento A’s jersey

Link to Keown on the A’s

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