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 intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: PJ Harding, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to “Star-Spangled Sunday” explainerLink to minor league draft scoreboardLink to Yean’s cart clipLink to Yean debut articleLink to bullpen cart driver episodeLink to team RP WARLink to Alfonzo article 1Link to Alfonzo article 2Link to Contreras apologyLink to B-Ref’s new debutsLink to Pérez articleLink to Sheehan on pulling PérezLink to Ben on Marlins play-by-playLink to 2016 Hill articleLink to 2022 Kershaw articleLink to 2022 Scherzer articleLink to Stripling on his debutLink to Bachar’s InstagramLink to fog game article 1Link to fog game article 2Link to BP on the fog gameLink to foggy ABS clipLink to Fog Bowl wikiLink to Statcast Hawk-Eye explainerLink to All-Star rosters announcementLink to Vladito back injury infoLink to Harper All-Star storyLink to 2025 Harper/Manfred storyLink to recent episode on baseball behaviorLink to MLB statementLink to Baseball Savant drag dashboardLink to 2026 Athletic ball articleLink to 2025 Athletic ball articleLink to 2022 ball article 1Link to 2022 ball article 2Link to 2022 humidor articleLink to 2021 ball-deadening articleLink to eyeblack ball reportLink to NPB ball scandal articleLink to NPB ball scandal outcomeLink to Strange-Gordon farming infoLink to NBA deflation scandalsLink to Sheehan on the Cards/GuardsLink to BP IL LedgerLink to SP used per teamLink to team SP FB veloLink to team SP WARLink to Pitcher List on Guardians SP stuffLink to Thress Pérez/Bachar postLink to RE24 explainerLink to SP/RP RE24 data
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