Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about this season’s giant cluster of wild card contenders, the potential for an inactive trade deadline, the role the White Sox will play, whether the compression of the standings is good or bad for baseball, and expanded-playoffs incentives. Then (33:46) they talk to NPR producer Alana Schreiber, creator and executive producer of the NPR/MLB podcast Road to Rickwood, about the history of the park that’s hosting its first MLB game this month, plus a postscript (1:17:48) about a postseason mid-PA pitching change.

Audio intro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”

jays-trade-cavan-biggio-dodgers.html">Link to MLBTR on the Biggio trade Link to Ben on preseason projections excerpt-june-12-2024-parity.html">Link to Sheehan on parity Link to FG playoff odds Link to MLB standings Link to Road to Rickwood Link to Road to Rickwood site Link to MLB on RtR Link to NPR on RtR Link to HoF on Rickwood Link to Wickwood wiki Link to MLB at Rickwood wiki Link to MLB’s Rickwood page Link to Bull Durham anecdote Link to Shelton on EW Link to EW Episode 1887 Link to 1991 ALCS game reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR199110110.shtml">Link to ALCS game log Link to 1991 article page 1 Link to 1991 article page 2 Link to Ben on mid-PA changes Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form

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