Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the joy of Opening Day and other news, including early reactions to the new rules, Rob Manfred’s comments about the ball-strike challenge system, Aaron Judge’s first homer, the Angels’ Tungsten Arm game, a good/bad Hunter Renfroe no-look catch, a Taylor Ward name mix-up, the Giants’ latest new left fielder, a Cristian Pache press release, Buck Martinez, George Santos’s message for the Mets, the minor league CBA, an on-field proposal gone wrong (but also sort of right), and more. Then (58:21) they conduct the third annual Team Fun Draft, in which they draft all 30 teams in order of how fun they are to follow in 2023, plus a Past Blast (1:56:25) from 1988 and a few follow-ups.

Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: The Needy Visions, “Havers of Fun”

Link to Opening Day press release
Link to Opening Day stats
Link to Manfred on the zone
Link to Judge homer
Link to Ward/Wade wiki
Link to story on Giants LF
Link to info on Ohtani outing
Link to Tungsten Arm story
Link to Renfroe’s catch
Link to Renfroe catch probability
Link to Pache press release
Link to Buck’s booth return
Link to Buck impression

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