Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the backlash to MLB's initial statement about the Giants' objectors to Pride Night, the league's subsequent expanded statement, and the facts about the policies and punishments (or the lack thereof) pertaining to uniform alterations. Then (37:10) they banter about the Blue Jays' ballot dominance in early All-Star voting, the history of teams being overrepresented on All-Star rosters, the Mariners' piggyback pitching plan, and Curtis Washington Jr. as the ultimate phantom ballplayer, answer emails (1:19:28) about where the next two-way player might come from and whether Pete Crow-Armstrong's defensive value is underrated, and Stat Blast (1:31:56) about where franchise scoring records tend to be set, the biggest run differentials in games with equivalent times on base, days when one team outscored many other teams combined, Boston's lack of late comebacks, and teams whose win totals did or didn't match their WAR totals.
Audio intro: Austin Klewan, "Effectively Wild Theme"Audio outro: Andy Ellison, "Effectively Wild Theme"Link to wisdom teeth etymologyLink to Domínguez tooth newsLink to Ohtani gamerLink to MLB's initial statementLink to assorted bad tweetsLink to MLB's second statementLink to story about statementsLink to Hawley letter storyLink to story about backlashLink to CBALink to Josh Hawley fleeing footageLink to Noah Hawley wikiLink to Vesia tribute storyLink to California Post storyLink to All-Star vote totalsLink to AL 2B WAR leadersLink to Blue Jays voting story 1Link to Blue Jays voting story 2Link to Blue Jays WAR leadersLink to team All-Star recordsLink to 2015 Royals voting storyLink to 2015 Royals All-StarsLink to 2026 YoY attendanceLink to 2015 YoY attendanceLink to 2023 Braves All-Stars storyLink to Mariners piggyback planLink to Ben on the '93 A'sLink to Washington call-up story 1Link to Washington call-up story 2Link to Washington call-up story 3Link to Washington scouting reportLink to Washington demotion storyLink to Rob Mains on roster limitsLink to Ben on Padres Rule 5 guysLink to phantom ballplayers wikiLink to Ben on Ohtani's origin storyLink to Las Vegas statsLink to Rockies record scoreLink to scoring differentials dataLink to 9/2/01 scoreboardLink to ninth-inning scoring splitsLink to FG mailbag answerLink to team WAR/wins dataLink to listener emails databaseLink to HRD format reportLink to HRD format history
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