Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their coming deliverance from a slow baseball news period, spring training as a spectator experience, and how the prelude to Opening Day has changed, then (12:43) answer emails about the many meanings of “back end” in baseball, an outfielder who repels batted balls, whether all rule violations constitute cheating, a playoff team composed of spoilers, and which positions the members of the Fellowship of the Ring would play, followed (1:16:01) by a Stat Blast about the Mets’ roster reconstruction and the history of high turnover.

Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”

Link to back end definitions

Link to Magneto wiki

Link to Magnetokinesis wiki

Link to X-Men baseball history

Link to Ben’s Mets article

Link to Stat Blast data 1

Link to Stat Blast data 2

Link to Ben on turnover history

Link to more on turnover history

Link to Clemens on the Mets

Link to Sherman on the Mets

Link to Mets offseason history

Link to Mets depth chart

Link to projected pitcher playing time

Link to projected hitter playing time

Link to projected team WAR

Link to Ben on team complacency

Link to BaseRuns records

Link to listener emails database

Link to cloud seeding wiki

Link to weekend weather info

Link to “And my axe!” clip

Link to “One does not” clip

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