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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about speedster <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/braiden-ward/sa3017332/stats/batting" target="_blank">Braiden Ward&#8217;</a>s record spring, whether there&#8217;s a baseball equivalent of Bam Adebayo&#8217;s 83-point game, and <em>Paradise</em> being a baseball show, then preview the 2026 Atlanta Braves (38:00) with From the Diamond&#8217;s <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/grantmcauley.bsky.social" target="_blank">Grant McAuley</a>, and the 2026 Chicago White Sox (1:29:45) with Sox Machine&#8217;s <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jrfegan.soxmachine.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">James Fegan</a>.
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<p><strong>Audio&nbsp;intro</strong>: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C85Waxu-ubj5VEkl5qCROdNaEAdUbcl4/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
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<p><a href="https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2026/03/red-sox-version-of-rickey-henderson-picks-up-base-to-celebrate-spring-training-record-for-the-boys.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ward article 1</a>
<a href="https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2026/03/red-sox-prospect-could-be-next-fitzy-type-of-favorite-fan-whether-in-worcester-or-boston.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ward article 2</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/braiden-ward-s-stolen-base" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ward video</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48168945/bam-adebayo-miami-heat-scores-83-points-single-nba-game-numbers-records-kobe-wilt" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Adebayo article 1</a>
<a href="https://neilpaine.substack.com/p/bam-adebayos-83-point-game-lacked" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Adebayo article 2</a>
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/bam-adebayos-83-point-game-needs-an-asterisk-214432752.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Adebayo article 3</a>
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/heat-bam-adebayo-83-points-10146b0855f5b8f36a58f2e52b27f920" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Adebayo article 4</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48190692/gilgeous-alexander-eclipses-wilt-nba-longest-20-point-streak" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to SGA record article</a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/effectivelywild/posts/26132891659737672" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Adebayo Facebook thread</a>
<a href="https://www.hulu.com/series/paradise-2b4b8988-50c9-4097-bf93-bc34a99a5b4f" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to stream <em>Paradise</em></a>
<a href="https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/nick-castellanos-paradise-hulu-meme.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to <em>Paradise</em> clip</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2021/03/29/mlb/drive-into-deep-left-by-castellanos-home-run-call-meme" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on the Castellanos meme</a>
<a href="https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/september-26-2019-mike-minor-reaches-200-strikeouts-as-dropped-foul-popup-leads-to-controversy/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Minor&#8217;s 200th K article</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r27CKpQIn1M" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Minor&#8217;s 200th K video</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/breakdowns/payroll" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to team payrolls page</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/offseason-tracker/braves?transactiontype=&teamchange=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Braves offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/braves" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Braves depth chart</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/_/seasontype/1" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to spring standings</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/braves/news/spencer-strider-not-concerned-with-fastball-velocity-in-spring-training-debut" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Strider velo article</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2025&season1=2025&ind=0&team=0%2Cts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&month=0&pos=ss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2025 team SS WAR</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BravesVision" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to BravesVision wiki</a>
<a href="https://www.fromthediamond.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to From the Diamond site</a>
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-the-diamond/id982103918" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to From the Diamond podcast</a>
<a href="https://www.fromthediamond.com/post/introducing-wax-packing-nostalgic" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Wax Packing Nostalgic</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/offseason-tracker/white-sox?teamchange=&transactiontype=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to White Sox offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/white-sox" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to White Sox depth chart</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&lg=all&qual=0&type=3&season=2025&month=0&season1=2025&ind=0&team=0%2Cts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&stats=rel&sortcol=14&sortdir=default&pagenum=1" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2025 team RP stats</a>
<a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/03/10/white-sox-prospects-chris-getz-will-venable-jerry-reinsdorf-munetaka-murakami-justin-mat-ishbia" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Reinsford/Ishbia article</a>
<a href="https://soxmachine.com/author/james-fegan" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to James at Sox Machine</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/author/jfegan/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to James at FanGraphs</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/author/james-fegan/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to James at <em>Baseball America</em></a>
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sox-machine/id851782101" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sox Machine podcast</a></p>
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