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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley announce their playoff livestream plans and then break down Game 4 of the Phillies-Dodgers NLDS, including their musings on <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/orion-kerkering/31776/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Orion Kerkering</a>&#8217;s game-ending error and the events that preceded it, whether baseball would be better or worse without its tragic on-field figures, the Phillies&#8217; future, and the intimidating Dodgers. Then, after a few thoughts on the Brewers and Cubs, they banter about baseball&#8217;s culture of pitch-tipping paranoia (53:29), the effects of high-tech pitching machines (1:09:20), the upcoming MLB free agency of NPB slugger <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/munetaka-murakami/sa3063258/stats?position=1B/3B" target="_blank">Munetaka Murakami</a> (1:17:00), and potentially encouraging comments about MLB&#8217;s path to a unified package of broadcast rights (1:20:58), plus a postscript message from Meg (1:30:05) about the Mariners&#8217; ALDS Game 5 victory.
Audio&nbsp;intro: Nate Emerson, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EquxhP2rk11C79uLJ6UGylakDUOcbvzY/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6705755/2025/10/10/phillies-orion-kerkering-error-nlds-game-5-loss/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Gelb&#8217;s Phillies story</a>
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6691711/2025/10/06/mlb-pitch-tipping-paranoia-camera-ipads-pitch-clock/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to article on pitch-tipping</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2020/02/27/mlb/houston-astros-sign-stealing-jonathan-lucroy-pace-of-play" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on the banging scheme</a>
<a href="https://www.union-bulletin.com/sports/seattle_times_sports/mariners-dan-wilson-not-interested-in-a-chess-match-vs-tigers-a-j-hinch/article_bda47ef5-fe38-56b5-b75f-737f9871263f.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Wilson&#8217;s chess quote</a>
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<a href="https://effectivelywild.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_2230:_The_Best-of-Seven_(Stat_Blasts)_Series#Stat_Blast" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2024 Trajekt Stat Blast</a>
<a href="https://x.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1974939909120213296" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to tweet about Yesavage</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2021/03/18/mlb/perfect-pitching-machine-trajekt-winmill-jeff-kensrud" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on pitching machines</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&ind=0&rost=&filter=&players=0&team=0%2Css&type=8&month=15&startdate=&enddate=&season1=2002&season=2025&pos=np" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to home wRC+ by year</a>
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<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2022/09/15/mlb/munetaka-murakami-roki-sasaki-npb-baseball-japan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on Murakami/Sasaki</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/102196/prospectus-feature-boston-red-sox-los-angeles-dodgers-revenue-sharing-cba-rob-manfred-salary-floor-cap/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Normandin article</a>
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