Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley joke about the final stretch, the “championship season,” the surprising stability of the playoff situation, and how the playoff field could change by the end of the season. They also discuss the turnarounds of Jeff McNeil and Corbin Carroll, the return to the Rangers’ pitching concept, and whether A’s fans should consider supporting other MLB teams. Then (1:02:30) they go on a stat blast of batters claiming all the pitches in an inning, Kris Bryant’s decline at Colorado, and a claim about catchers and infield hits, with digressions about whether home run-dependent lineups score inconsistently, whether Bryant or Anthony Rendon was the bigger disappointment, and why the commentators say the craziest things.

Audio introduction: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to the “Championship Season”
Link to the FG playoff odds
Link to BaseRuns ranking
Link to Baumann about the M’s
Link to O’s drinking station
Link to Clemens about Carroll
Link to JJH Consequence
Link to the song cover of Stat Blast
Link to Russell on HR dependency
Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter
Link to pitch count percentage data
Link to Rockies/Bryant data
Link to Blum about Bryant
Link to FB Bryant/Rendon post
Link to Sam’s Bryant tweet
Link to the Casali piece
Link to the Krukow clip
Link to Jason Bernard’s Twitter
Link to sprint speed table
Link to the study on batsmen in bad teams
Link to Ben on Hustle Singles
Link to Ben about catcher fatigue
Link to Tim Kniker on the topic of catcher fatigue
Link to IFH total value 2023 C
Link to all IFH% early
Link to all IFH% late
Link to C IFH% early
Link to C IFH% late
Link to Non-C IFH% early
Link to non-C IFH% late
Link to Casali IFH% early
Link to Casali IFH% late
Link to Ballpark Meeting Forms
Link to Meetup Organizer Form

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