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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley revisit Meg&#8217;s experience of Mariners-Tigers ALDS Game 5 and recap the first few games of the Championship Series round, touching on postseason broadcast booths, the Mariners&#8217; mauling of the Blue Jays in Toronto, Pat Murphy&#8217;s burnishing of the Brewers&#8217; underdog image, broader narrative-building about the Brewers-Dodgers series, whether the Dodgers intentionally took it easy during the regular season, the GIDP heard &#8217;round the world, starters moonlighting as relievers, <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/blake-snell/13543/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Blake Snell</a>, and more, plus closing banter about manager news and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/pete-alonso/19251/stats?position=1B" target="_blank">Pete Alonso</a>&#8217;s contract target in his second crack at free agency.
Audio&nbsp;intro: Jimmy Kramer, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OsA2tZMe8hrgFONo1iYv7od0ZFea8mpx/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;outro: Tom Rhoads, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K07EyCA31NglTFT3h8Rdiiu0lpDyz9u_/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/did-the-mariners-finally-win-alds-game-5-because-of-humpy-the-salmon/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Humpy article</a>
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<a href="https://bandwagon.substack.com/p/82-meet-the-final-four" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to The Bandwagon on Gold Gloves</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKPT000hqUU" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to GIDP video</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/near-home-run-in-nlcs-game-1-causes-chaos-on-basepaths" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to GIDP article</a>
<a href="https://x.com/jjcoop36/status/1977928617188360266" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cooper on the GIDP</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46590064/brewers-brice-turang-explains-backing-away-game-tying-hit-pitch-game-1-nlcs-vs-dodgers" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Turang on his near-HBP</a>
<a href="https://stathead.com/tiny/oBZwb" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Stathead on 100-pitch playoff games</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/cjzero.bsky.social/post/3m2zydl7u622j" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Robles play</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46576425/mlb-playoffs-2025-dodgers-brewers-nlcs-world-series-passan-labor-battle" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Passan on the NLCS</a>
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<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/101352/deep-but-playable-the-dodgers-are-ruining-baseball/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Craig on the Dodgers</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6715110/2025/10/14/san-diego-padres-mike-shildt-retirement-questions/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Schildt story</a>
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