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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a generous podcast listener, Bruce Meyer&#8217;s elevation to interim executive director of the MLBPA, his framing of the sport&#8217;s competitive challenges, media messaging vis-à-vis the owners&#8217; and players&#8217; potential responsibility for missed games in 2027, and the creep of pitch-calling from the dugout, then preview the 2026 Detroit Tigers (53:35) with <em>The Athletic</em>&#8217;s <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/codystavenhagen.bsky.social" target="_blank">Cody Stavenhagen</a>, and the 2026 Athletics (1:31:28) with A&#8217;s on SI&#8217;s <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jasonburke.bsky.social" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jason Burke</a>.
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<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1r82xux/comment/o620cnj/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Reddit comment</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mmontemurro.bsky.social/post/3mf66ly5jtc2d" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Meyer comments 1</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mmontemurro.bsky.social/post/3mf67vsbg5s2d" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Meyer comments 2</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/104290/changing-speeds-what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-competitive-balance/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to <em>BP</em> on competitive balance</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7058947/2026/02/19/mlbpa-bruce-meyer-introductory-conference/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Drellich on Meyer</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47965729/next-mlbpa-tony-clark-president-mlb-labor" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Passan on the MLBPA</a>
<a href="https://bandwagon.substack.com/p/the-call-is-coming-from-inside-the" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Crizer on dugout pitch-calling</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2378-mlbs-big-finish/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to EW on 2025 dugout pitch-calling</a>
<a href="https://fishonfirst.com/videos/miami-marlins-minor-leagues/what-marlins-learned-from-trial-run-of-pitch-calling-from-the-dugout-system-r489/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Bendix comments</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7049414/2026/02/16/mlb-dugout-called-pitches-sf-giants-tony-vitello/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Vitello article</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/alon-leichman-discusses-becoming-rockies-pitching-coach" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Rockies article</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2020/10/02/mlb/espn-in-game-interviews-playoffs-ramon-laureano" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on in-game interviews</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/tigers?transactiontype=&teamchange=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Tigers offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/tigers" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Tigers depth chart</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/cody-stavenhagen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cody&#8217;s author archive</a>
<a href="https://linktr.ee/tigerterritory" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cody&#8217;s podcast</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/offseason-tracker/athletics?teamchange=" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Athletics offseason tracker</a>
<a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/athletics" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Athletics depth chart</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2026-top-100-prospects/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to FG top 100</a>
<a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/athletics/onsi/news/a-s-announce-2026-las-vegas-promotional-schedule" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Vegas promotions</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/athletics-unveil-new-sacramento-gold-jersey-for-2026-season" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sacramento jerseys</a>
<a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/athletics/onsi/author/jason-burke" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Jason&#8217;s author archive</a></p>
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