Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about two significant MLB debuts on NBC’s “Star-Spangled Sunday” (by Eddy Yean and Eliezer Alfonzo), the fallout from the Marlins pulling Eury Pérez mid-perfecto, a rare fog delay, the All-Star Game rosters (featuring a very normal number of Blue Jays, and also Rob Manfred’s good buddy Bryce Harper), whether the league set a target home-run rate (and whether that would be a bad thing), and the rotation durability of the Cards and Guards.

Audio outro: PJ Harding, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to “Star-Spangled Sunday” explainer

Link to minor league draft scoreboard

Link to Yean’s cart clip

Link to Yean debut article

Link to bullpen cart driver episode

Link to team RP WAR

Link to Alfonzo article 1

Link to Alfonzo article 2

Link to Contreras apology

Link to B-Ref’s new debuts

Link to Pérez article

Link to Sheehan on pulling Pérez

Link to Ben on Marlins play-by-play

Link to 2016 Hill article

Link to 2022 Kershaw article

Link to 2022 Scherzer article

Link to Stripling on his debut

Link to Bachar’s Instagram

Link to fog game article 1

Link to fog game article 2

Link to BP on the fog game

Link to foggy ABS clip

Link to Fog Bowl wiki

Link to Statcast Hawk-Eye explainer

Link to All-Star rosters announcement

Link to Vladito back injury info

Link to Harper All-Star story

Link to 2025 Harper/Manfred story

Link to recent episode on baseball behavior

Link to MLB statement

Link to Baseball Savant drag dashboard

Link to 2026 Athletic ball article

Link to 2025 Athletic ball article

Link to 2022 ball article 1

Link to 2022 ball article 2

Link to 2022 humidor article

Link to 2021 ball-deadening article

Link to eyeblack ball report

Link to NPB ball scandal article

Link to NPB ball scandal outcome

Link to Strange-Gordon farming info

Link to NBA deflation scandals

Link to Sheehan on the Cards/Guards

Link to BP IL Ledger

Link to SP used per team

Link to team SP FB velo

Link to team SP WAR

Link to Pitcher List on Guardians SP stuff

Link to Thress Pérez/Bachar post

Link to RE24 explainer

Link to SP/RP RE24 data

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