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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various baseball topics including the Padres' sale, Mike Trout's performance, and listener interactions.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, please visit our Patreon . Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about another accidental challenge and listener-suggested alternatives to the head/helmet tap, the implications of the Padres’ reported sale for a record price, Mike Trout’ s resurgence and Jordan Walker ’s surge, a Stat Blast about one-man lineups, stoic responses to getting drilled by line drives, loud stadium noise, listener emails about extensions and the next CBA, tuning in to no-hitter attempts in progress, and “anti-framing,” and more. Audio intro : Jimmy Kramer, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Gabriel-Ernest, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to latest challenge Link to other review signals Link to soccer review signal Link to cricket review signal Link to skeuomorph wiki Link to HPB/CI challenge sequence Link to WSJ Padres sale story Link to ESPN Padres sale story Link to S&P info 1 Link to S&P info 2 Link to S&P info 3 Link to Chelsea protest story Link to Chelsea money loss story Link to Trout series fun facts Link to Trout six-game streaks Link to Trout four-game…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Topics covered

• baseball
• Padres sale
• Mike Trout
• Jordan Walker
• listener emails
• CBA
• no-hitter attempts

Keywords

• Padres sale
• Mike Trout
• Jordan Walker
• listener emails
• CBA
• no-hitter
• baseball

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Organizations: Patreon, Padres, ESPN, WSJ, Chelsea

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