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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/aaron-judge/15640/stats?position=OF" target="_blank">Aaron Judge</a> having been teammates with both <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/taylor-ward/17548/stats?position=OF" target="_blank">Taylor Ward</a> and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/tyler-wade/15730/stats?position=2B/OF" target="_blank">Tyler Wade</a>, a revelation about the late-season health of <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/elly-de-la-cruz/26668/stats?position=SS" target="_blank">Elly De La Cruz</a>, and the hidden value of multiposition players such as <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/mauricio-dubon/16530/stats?position=2B/OF" target="_blank">Mauricio Dubón</a>, then (38:22) answer listener emails about the terms &#8220;baseball lifer&#8221; and &#8220;double-barrel action,&#8221; when bases-loaded situations are separate, how to count innings, a weird double play, how to classify switch-hitters, non-switch-hitters who should consider switch-hitting, and whether wealth can buy a good farm system.
Audio&nbsp;intro: The Gagnés, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jVOMAuZop-4BhxnZ1JQaULw7FlW2XJD_/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
Audio&nbsp;outro: Justin Peters, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qjDTYA9tQlZDQBpZqZUEosHoKN8nMQxR/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;

<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/elly-de-la-cruz-played-with-quad-injury-for-part-of-2025-season" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Elly injury info</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2373-the-ballpark-panopticon/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to September Elly episode</a>
<a href="https://www.batterypower.com/atlanta-braves-news/123091/alex-anthopoulos-quotes-raisel-iglesias-mauricio-dubon-trade-free-agency-rumors-hot-stove" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to AA quotes on Dubón</a>
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<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/afkostka.bsky.social/post/3m65zeqi6tc2u" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Kostka thread on Grayson</a>
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<a href="https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=898b227b-d07f-49f5-902e-284eb2cd820d" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to double play clip 2</a>
<a href="https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=0027c98c-0096-4c90-8e6f-950f03dabc32" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to double play clip 3</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/anthony-rendon-homers-in-first-career-left-handed-at-bat" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Rendon homer story</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6738907/2025/10/22/blue-jays-dodgers-hitting-coach-david-popkins/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Popkins origin story</a>
<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-8lpspHQuR5GK7S_nNtGunLGrx60QnSa8XLG_wvRb4Q/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to listener emails database</a>
<a href="https://x.com/tbhorka/status/1987968127909736543" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Narduzzi clip</a>
<a href="https://www.on3.com/news/pat-narduzzi-gives-hilarious-response-to-must-win-narrative-vs-notre-dame-amid-acc-title-race/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Narduzzi story</a>
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