About this episode
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the ethics of returning or selling a valuable home run ball, a dilemma involving Aaron Judge on Apple TV+, selling the opposing team’s gear in a ballpark, the Tigers hiring Scott Harris and the Royals firing Dayton Moore, the Mets and Reds setting hit-by-pitch records, Canada dropping its vaccine requirement in time for the MLB playoffs, the lack of standings-derived suspense in the 2022 regular season, the latest Joey Meneses news, and a record number of MLB debuts and 4-WAR rookies, plus a Past Blast from 1906. Audio intro : The Format, “ Give it Up ” Audio outro : Richard Thompson, “ I’ll Never Give it Up ” Link to tweet about ball decision Link to Freedman’s response Link to Sheehan’s response Link to Goldstein’s response Link to article about Jeter ball Link to Sports Night episode script Link to Judge on Apple article Link to article on Giants vendor Link to Posnanski on Moore Link to Royals Review on Moore Link to Moore on Eldred Link to article on Harris hiring Link to article on Mets HBP record Link to post on Buck asking for ball Link to post on Reds HBP record Link to Baumann on Mets HBPs Link to Defector on the Mets/Reds Link to Canada vaccination change Link to May EW episode on standings Link to Gilligan on season suspense Link to Foolish on Meneses Link to 2022 MLB debuts Link to Ben on 2022 rookies Link to 1906 story source Link to 1906 game Link to Lush’s SABR bio Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Link to Ohtani golfing clip Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source