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With Meg Rowley on vacation, Ben Lindbergh brings a few dearly departed baseball podcasts (briefly) back to life. First up: The Roundtable, featuring EW cofounder (and Pebble Hunting author) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/sammillerbb.bsky.social" target="_blank">Sam Miller</a> and The Athletic&#8217;s <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/grantbrisbee.bsky.social" target="_blank">Grant Brisbee</a> and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fcneijrrjzu3axvd74jlqr7h" target="_blank">Andy McCullough</a>. Ben, Sam, Grant, and Andy discuss the worst and best ballpark promotions, Doug Eddings&#8217;s cap decree and bid to become MLB&#8217;s new infamous umpire, what 2026 taught us about ump importance, whether umps uphold unwritten rules, future revelations about the Astros&#8217; banging scheme, a trivia question in a new movie about the number of ways to reach base, <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/ketel-marte/13613/stats/batting" target="_blank">Ketel Marte</a> and the mountains teams try to climb, Sam&#8217;s recent writing about the boundaries of baseball performance, Andy&#8217;s ace updates, and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/shohei-ohtani/19755/stats/batting" target="_blank">Shohei Ohtani</a>&#8217;s pitching outlook.
Audio&nbsp;intro: Daniel Leckie, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MDiYT6nzp-be6mFJdJgEZtCfPxSRWERW/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;outro: Austin Klewan, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19KwOxp2kpN60CdFDMpP6Za73FHrfwofC/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;

<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcast/243-the-athletic-baseball-show/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to The Roundtable archive</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bymccullough.bsky.social/post/3megqoxhv5s2o" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Roundtable cancellation post</a>
<a href="https://pebblehunting.substack.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Pebble Hunting</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/grant-brisbee/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Grant&#8217;s author archive</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/author/andy-mccullough/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Andy&#8217;s author archive</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly_Roll_(singer)" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Jelly Roll wiki</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160521183033/http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-definitive-guide-to-baseballs-pizza-discounts/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on baseball pizza discounts</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steal_a_Base,_Steal_a_Taco" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Taco Bell promotion wiki</a>
<a href="https://people.com/tv/jessica-simpson-chicken-of-the-sea-meme/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Jessica Simpson quote</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV_hDyfmEw4" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Zoolander clip</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Eddings" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Eddings wiki</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49837289/cardinals-manager-ejected-rhp-told-straighten-hat" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Eddings article 1</a>
<a href="https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/article_f8f7f4d3-2d5e-4e4b-95d6-5d6b68d42b36.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Eddings article 2</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7570416/2026/09/06/mlb-veteran-umpire-rookie-tilted-hat-cardinals/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Eddings article 3</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49843556/cards-rockies-players-tilt-caps-protest-ump-power-hungry-move" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Eddings article 4</a>
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/cb-bucknor-laz-diaz-among-192834096.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to umpire retirements</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2026/03/25/mlb/is-mlb-challenge-system-already-doomed-full-abs-balls-strikes-umpires" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on ABS</a>
<a href="https://dodgerblue.com/evan-gattis-astros-knew-clayton-kershaw-pitches-in-2017-world-series-against-dodgers/2023/04/12/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Gattis on Kershaw</a>
<a href="https://signstealingscandal.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to banging-scheme site</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2019/11/22/mlb/astros-sign-stealing-benefit-wins-advantage" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to banging-scheme research 1</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/56750/moonshot-the-banging-scheme-hurt-the-astros-as-much-as-it-helped-them/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to banging-scheme research 2</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/59143/do-the-data-support-the-commissioners-report-on-the-astros-sign-stealing-scandal/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to banging-scheme research 3</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/how-much-did-the-astros-really-benefit-from-sign-stealing/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to banging-scheme research 4</a>
<a href="https://nogginboss.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Noggin Boss</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/sports/baseball/alex-torres-is-alone-in-mlb-wearing-isoblox-hat.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLB Isoblox cap</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/baseball-dictionary-for-the-internet#:~:text=Dadhat%3A%20The,the%20game%20today." rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to &#8220;dadhat&#8221; definition</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Never_Sets_(2026_film)" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to The Sun Never Sets wiki</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Swanberg" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Joe Swanberg wiki</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumblecore" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to mumblecore wiki</a>
<a href="https://seanfennessey.substack.com/p/the-most-influential-film-movement" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Fennessey on mumblecore</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_rule_double" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to automatic double wiki</a>
<a href="https://lite987.com/snapple-fact-9-different-ways-to-reach-first-base/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Snapple on reaching base</a>
<a href="https://sabr.org/journal/article/was-there-a-seven-way-game-seven-ways-of-reaching-first-base/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to SABR on reaching base</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/magazine/vol4no10answerguy.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Enders on reaching base</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7551905/2026/08/31/ketel-marte-arizona-diamondbacks-return/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Marte article 1</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7557342/2026/09/01/ketel-marte-burning-bridges-hat/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Marte article 2</a>
<a href="https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/onsi/everything-ketel-marte-said-unexcused-absence-path-forward" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Marte article 3</a>
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ketel-martes-heroic-moment-leads-031109436.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Marte article 4</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_summit" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to double summit wiki</a>
<a href="https://pebblehunting.substack.com/p/the-mystery-of-the-low-stakes-way" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on bad challenges</a>
<a href="https://pebblehunting.substack.com/p/this-could-be-a-miz-take" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on pitcher mistakes</a>
<a href="https://pebblehunting.substack.com/p/whats-even-possible-strikewise" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on strike rates</a>
<a href="https://x.com/tangotiger/status/2082259228220080231" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Tango on miss distance</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/29080/pebble-hunting-clayton-kershaws-28-mistakes-last-month/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on Kershaw mistakes</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7122226/2026/03/19/2026-aces-project-mlb-insiders-rank-pitchers/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Andy on aces</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/shohei-ohtani-unlikely-to-pitch-in-2026-will-focus-on-hitting" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ohtani pitching update</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/23561838/los-angeles-angels-shohei-ohtani-experiment-just-working-perfect" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on two-way Ohtani</a>
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-scrum-the-baseball-stories-we-didnt-write/id1500667276" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Beyond the Scrum</a>
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sportswriters-blues/id1118786454" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sportswriters Blues</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXtWqmArUU" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to &#8220;50 Ways to Leave Your Lover&#8221;</a>

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