Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a player with legs like a centaur, a knuckleballer’s sore subject, Arte Moreno’s thoughts on whether winning matters to fans, a response from the barback who gave free drinks to a fellow listener, and a new perspective on Tony Clark’s reportedly inappropriate relationship with his sister-in-law. Then (45:17) they talk to Maxfield Lane and Owen Riley of Oyster Analytics about the challenge system’s tactical considerations and when it does and doesn’t make sense to second-guess the ump (and also, some slightly scary mascots).

Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to story about Sloan

Link to Sloan headshot

Link to A-Rod centaur story

Link to horse anatomy info

Link to They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

Link to Kapler/calves post 1

Link to Kapler/calves post 2

Link to tweets about Waldron

Link to MLBTR on Waldron

Link to info on bidets and hemorrhoids

Link to Breaking Bad scene

Link to Hill EW interview

Link to Moreno comments

Link to MLBPA response

Link to team attendance data

Link to “Macavity”

Link to Reddit comment

Link to Obi-Wan quote

Link to Wells video

Link to post on Wells 1

Link to post on Wells 2

Link to Down on the Farm

Link to Oyster Analytics on Bluesky

Link to Oyster rankings

Link to Oyster challenge dashboard

Link to Oyster challenge explainer

Link to 2016 article on Yankees challenges

Link to BP on replay reviews

Link to Tango on challenges

Link to Tango on challenges 2

Link to Tango on challenges 3

Link to Stark on challenges

Link to Blum/Lin on challenges

Link to Sale on challenging

Link to Sale on calling pitches

Link to Sale jersey story

Link to Bull Durham quote

Link to Baysox story 1

Link to Baysox story 2

Link to Archie info

Link to Archie/Truckee photo

Link to Mr. Baseball info

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