About this episode

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various topics related to Major League Baseball, including player performance and ownership issues.

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about failed former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt’s subsequent sports ownership endeavors, a claim about Jacob Misiorowski’ s pitching improvement, Jackson Chourio (batting lefty) as “a baseball player,” the recent struggles of Paul Skenes and Steven Kwan , Justin Verlander’ s retirement, Zack Wheeler’ s continued dominance, Andrew McCutchen’ s return to the minors, the Orioles’ lack of improvement, the epitome of a Little League home run, Tyler Tolbert ’s contribution to one of baseball’s great mysteries, and a 2026 Dodgers first. Audio intro : Jonathan Crymes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to McCourt’s new league Link to McCourt wiki Link to show jumping wiki Link to Vladimir Shpunt article Link to NPR on Fitzgerald’s quote Link to Nickelodeon Guts wiki Link to “Let’s go to Mo” Link to “Aggro Crag piece Link to Slippery Stairs video Link to Murphy/Chourio quote Link to Rendon lefty dinger Link to Mr. Baseball wiki Link to Mr. Baseball scene…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Topics covered

• Major League Baseball
• player performance
• sports ownership
• retirement
• minor leagues
• baseball history

Keywords

• Frank McCourt
• Jacob Misiorowski
• Paul Skenes
• Justin Verlander
• Zack Wheeler
• Andrew McCutchen
• Jackson Chourio
• Orioles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Orioles

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