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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the Home Run Derby and All-Star selections, including player performances and MLB negotiations.

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about all aspects of the Home Run Derby spectator experience, both in the ballpark and from afar: the new format, the Netflix broadcast, the Philly fans, Jordan Walker’ s win, and more. Then (49:12) they discuss how All-Star selections increasingly reflect same-season performance, Bruce Meyer’s and Rob Manfred’s comments to the BBWAA, negotiations over MLB players’ participation in the 2028 Olympics, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Ceddanne Rafaela ’s mutual lovefest, and the ice-cold A’s and red-hot Red Sox. Audio intro : Jonathan Crymes, “ Effectively Wild Theme 2 ” Audio outro : Moon Hound, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to FG HRD recap Link to LHB-heavy preview Link to MLB HRD notes Link to LHB park factors Link to RHB park factors Link to “Year of the LHH” post Link to MLB.com on Walker Link to list of youngest HRD winners Link to Walker on inspirational value Link to historical HRD results Link to McGwire Simpsons scene Link to Marchand on Netflix Link to Sam on the Derby’s future Link to HRD X wiki Link to Meg’s Arozarena photo Link to Posnanski on the…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Topics covered

• Home Run Derby
• All-Star selections
• MLB negotiations
• spectator experience
• performance metrics

Keywords

• Home Run Derby
• All-Star Game
• Jordan Walker
• Bruce Meyer
• Rob Manfred
• Pete Crow-Armstrong
• Ceddanne Rafaela
• MLB
• spectator experience

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix, MLB, BBWAA

Places: Philly, A's, Red Sox

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