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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley announce an upcoming livestream and then react to the semi-surprising sale of the Angels by Arte Moreno to Stan Kroenke, considering the significance of the sale price, the outlook for the franchise, the legacies of Moreno and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/mike-trout/10155/stats/batting" target="_blank">Mike Trout</a>, and what the sale might portend for CBA talks. Then (43:14), in the wake of recent reporting and discussion about the volume level at games, they talk to stadium acoustics expert Jack Wrightson of design firm WJHW about how stadium sound systems are simulated and constructed, how they&#8217;ve evolved, the sonic environments of baseball and other sports, how team preferences and practices vary, fan noise vs. PA noise, sound on the field vs. sound in the stands, why ballparks are sometimes too loud, and much more, plus (1:37:57) a few postscript follow-ups.
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<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-angels-sell-for-a-record-4-billion/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to FG on the Angels sale</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7556944/2026/09/01/los-angeles-angels-arte-moreno-stan-kroenke/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to The Athletic sale article 1</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7558049/2026/09/02/angels-sale-arte-moreno-fan-reaction/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to The Athletic sale article 2</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7557751/2026/09/01/mike-trout-angels-stan-kroenke-fresh-start/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Trout quotes</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7557395/2026/09/01/anaheim-mayor-angels-sale-name-change-land-deal/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to mayor quotes</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2023-misc.shtml#all_attendance" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2023 attendance</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2026-misc.shtml#all_attendance" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2026 attendance</a>
<a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2026/02/20/angels-owner-arte-moreno-tv-ordeal-hasnt-been-easy/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Moreno on fan preferences</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Kroenke" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Kroenke wiki</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arte_Moreno" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Moreno wiki</a>
<a href="https://neilpaine.substack.com/p/arte-morenos-angels-ownership-should" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Paine on Moreno</a>
<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrymbloom/2026/09/02/stan-kroenke-to-buy-angels-from-arte-moreno-in-second-recent-mlb-sale/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to new Angels park item</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7180129/2026/04/13/angels-diamondbacks-cremily-frozen-yogurt/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to froyo fraud article</a>
<a href="https://entertainment.substack.com/p/just-how-high-can-nba-team-prices" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to sale-price bubble analysis</a>
<a href="https://www.wjhw.com/about/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to WJHW &#8220;about&#8221; page</a>
<a href="https://www.wjhw.com/project/mlb-stadiums/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to WJHW ballparks page</a>
<a href="https://www.wjhw.com/our-team/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Jack&#8217;s WJHW bio</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49601952/2026-mlb-ballpark-noise-volume-music-yankee-stadium-dodger-stadium-aaron-judge-max-scherzer" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to latest loudness article</a>
<a href="https://frontofficesports.com/mlb-ballparks-loud-sound-systems/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to loudness article 2</a>
<a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/17/yankees-fans-are-begging-stop-the-incessant-stadium-sounds/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to loudness article 3</a>
<a href="https://www.nj.com/yankees/2025/06/yes-its-much-louder-inside-yankee-stadium-heres-what-aaron-judge-teammates-say-klapisch.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to loudness article 4</a>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/07/sports-stadiums-loud-baseball/687875/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to loudness article 5</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_level_meter" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to sound level meter wiki</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to loudness wars wiki</a>
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<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2509-wont-stand-for-it/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to EW on Yandy and ABS</a>
<a href="https://x.com/tangotiger/status/2094961077670879340" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Tango on Yandy</a>
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