Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s spectator expertise on the All-Star Sport, whether or not it’s good or dangerous that the MVP was a participant as obscure as Elias Díaz, the rise within the variety of All-Stars per season, different All-Star highlights and lowlights, complaints about All-Star uniforms, perennial requests for a abilities competitors, Rob Manfred’s and Tony Clark’s feedback about extra lenient pitch clocks within the postseason and the ball-strike problem system, extra particulars in regards to the Alabama baseball betting scandal, and extra, plus a Future Blast from 2032. Then (59:10) they speak to Byron Motley, producer of the brand new Negro Leagues documentary The League, in regards to the lengthy street to creating the film, the current improve in appreciation of the Negro Leagues, his father’s life and profession as a Negro Leagues umpire, the problem of discovering archival footage of Negro Leagues video games, assembly and interviewing former Negro Leagues stars, the Negro Leagues as a microcosm of Twentieth-century American historical past, the affect of Rube Foster, the movie’s portrayal of Department Rickey’s function in integration, and the legacy of the Negro Leagues.

Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Successfully Wild theme”
Audio outro: Ted O., “Successfully Wild theme”

Hyperlink to Ringer ASG recap
Hyperlink to Díaz dinger
Hyperlink to Jordan on Díaz
Hyperlink to variety of All-Stars per recreation
Hyperlink to Gurriel foul
Hyperlink to Clark feedback
Hyperlink to Manfred feedback
Hyperlink to information on declining violations
Hyperlink to Manfred re-election article
Hyperlink to Rick Wilber’s web site
Hyperlink to playing scandal article
Hyperlink to The League web site
Hyperlink to Byron’s web site
Hyperlink to the Motleys’ ebook
Hyperlink to NPR on Bob Motley
Hyperlink to NPR on The League
Hyperlink to The Athletic on The League
Hyperlink to EW episode on Effa
Hyperlink to Craig Wright on SB variations
Hyperlink to Wright on Paige’s drawing energy
Hyperlink to Bananas catch
Hyperlink to EW Episode 1426
Hyperlink to Berkman’s profession splits
Hyperlink to Stathead on switch-hitter splits
Hyperlink to Berkman’s switch-hitting origins
Hyperlink to 2003 article about Berkman
Hyperlink to Albies on switch-hitting

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