Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a report that Tarik Skubal's surgically cleaned-up elbow contained only a solitary "loose body," why the NL now has the upper hand over the AL and whether the latter's lackluster win-loss records matter, Meg's thrilling, frustrating in-person Paul Skenes spectator experience, Kazuma Okamoto's move back in the box, and Rico Garcia's impressive .000 BABIP streak, plus a follow-up on why good framers have struggled at challenging, listener emails (57:54) about making more knuckleballers, a popup that never comes down, retiring not just numbers, but names, rotating umpires within games, extra-inning non-scoring, and "extra bases," followed by a bunch of postscript updates.
Audio intro: Guy Russo, "Effectively Wild Theme"Audio outro: Andy Ellison, "Effectively Wild Theme"Link to Heyman tweetLink to "Torn and Frayed"Link to Bodies Bodies BodiesLink to Rodón quoteLink to Rodón EW discussionLink to Sheehan on NL vs. ALLink to team run differential dataLink to 2026 team run differentialsLink to winning records data 1Link to winning records data 2Link to AL vs. NL record by yearLink to Skenes start gamerLink to Skenes TTOPLink to 1-0 game at CoorsLink to SavantleLink to Petriello's Okamoto tweetLink to Petriello's Okamoto articleLink to Okamoto quesadilla articleLink to depth in box correlationsLink to .000 BABIP streaksLink to Garcia profileLink to fielder support for pitchersLink to Voros BABIP articleLink to EW Episode 1399Link to Ben's article on knuckleballsLink to Knuckleball Nation websiteLink to Knuckleball Nation articleLink to knuckleball total by yearLink to pitcher knuckleball totalsLink to Jannis on EWLink to Granderson popup clipLink to Granderson popup postLink to Orosco glove article 1Link to Orosco glove article 2Link to Orosco glove article 3Link to Prince guitar toss articleLink to Lee6 article 1Link to Lee6 article 2Link to Lee6 article 3Link to Baumann on the MuncysLink to EW Episode 1700Link to EW Episode 1715Link to scoreless zombie-inning streaksLink to listener emails databaseLink to Domínguez injury storyLink to Jones call-up storyLink to Judge/Jones comparisonLink to 2026 TTO% leadersLink to all-time single-season TTO% leadersLink to Frazier's sign-offLink to Matthews SABR articleLink to Rushing featureLink to Coaches4Hire LLC photoLink to Coaches4Hire LLC infoLink to coaches4hire.comLink to archived Coaches4Hire siteLink to Coaches4Hire Insta
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