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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley share listener solutions to the mystery of why the 12-straight-hits club is such an undistinguished group, the Home Run Derby field, <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/bryce-harper/11579/stats/batting" target="_blank">Bryce Harper&#8217;</a>s video message (13:28) to a sports-betting addict and sportsbooks&#8217; practice of preying on whales, the disparity (35:54) in the recent treatment of two pitchers who had no-hitters in progress, and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/zack-wheeler/10310/stats/pitching" target="_blank">Zack Wheeler</a>&#8217;s gripe against All-Star selecting, then (1:02:42) answer a listener email about how much a game one has to have seen to claim to have &#8220;watched&#8221; it, and Stat Blast (1:23:20) about partial home run robberies, games with matching starter pitch and strike counts, historical team no-hitter conversion rates, and prolific &#8220;first&#8221; strikeout and home-run recorders.
Audio&nbsp;intro: Ian H., &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3QzhMjO6frLGXRoKk-h4I9dkWw16wff/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/tyler-tolbert-ties-record-hits-consecutive-plate-appearances" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Tolbert record post 1</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49302660/tyler-tolbert-ties-mlb-mark-hits-12-straight-plate-appearances" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Tolbert record post 2</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/video/williams-11th-straight-hit" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Williams 11th hit</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/dustin-pedroia-s-ab-hit-streak-ends-at-11-c198072190" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Pedroia 11th hit</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/all-star/home-run-derby" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to HRD field</a>
<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/viking-row-contrarian-9.7266360" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Norway rowing pedant</a>
<a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/bryce-harper-fanduel-vip-video-gambling-addiction-20260709.html#loaded" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Inquirer article on Harper</a>
<a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/09/sports/how-bryce-harper-got-involved-in-fanduel-video-for-gambler-who-lost-millions/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Post article on Harper</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/48297871/nfl-sportsbooks-defendants-gambling-addiction-lawsuit" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to lawsuit article</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7028388/2026/02/06/giannis-antetokounmpo-kalshi-nba-prediction-market/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Giannis/Kalshi article</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/04/nx-s1-5773354/legal-sports-betting-research-credit-bankruptcy" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to gambling damage research 1</a>
<a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2830019" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to gambling damage research 2</a>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/online-sports-betting-app-addiction/686061/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to addiction story 1</a>
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/gambling-addiction-sports-betting-apps-4463cde0" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to addiction story 2</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/12/11/draftkings-sports-betting-gambling-lawsuit/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to addiction story 3</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/sport/gambling-addiction-impact-recovery" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to addiction story 4</a>
<a href="https://www.thecut.com/article/sports-gambling-addiction.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to addiction story 5</a>
<a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/pirates-lose-perfect-game-after-pulling-starter-jared-jones-in-seventh-vs-braves/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to story on Jones 1</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/jared-jones-throws-six-perfect-innings-against-braves" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to story on Jones 2</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jones-008jar&type=pgl&year=2026" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Jones game log</a>
<a href="https://triblive.com/sports/tim-benz-jared-jones-was-never-going-to-go-for-a-perfect-game-but-other-questions-linger/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to questions about Jones</a>
<a href="https://triblive.com/sports/bucs-beat-qa-pirates-righty-jared-jones-talks-perfection-pitch-counts-paul-skenes/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Jones Q&A</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7432408/2026/07/08/blue-jays-dylan-cease-loses-no-hitter/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cease story</a>
<a href="https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/108542/box-score-banter-2026-close-encounters-dylan-cease/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to BP on Cease</a>
<a href="https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/sharing/5J9bT" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to top 2026 pitch counts</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7435616/2026/07/10/no-hitter-mlb-manager-decision/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Blum on pulling pitchers</a>
<a href="https://x.com/ZackScottSports/status/2074909941354160460" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Scott/PCA clip</a>
<a href="https://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-mlb-no-hitter-strike-zone-ninth-inning-changes-chris-heston/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Ben on no-hitter strike zones</a>
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/phillies/comments/1uqs7gf/zack_wheeler_on_the_all_star_snub_it_pisses_me/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Wheeler quote clip</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7424261/2026/07/06/zack-wheeler-phillies-all-star-snub/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Wheeler&#8217;s agent article</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/jesus-luzardo-tosses-7-scoreless-innings-in-win-after-named-2026-all-star" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to latest Luzardo start</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6489580/2025/07/12/phillies-all-star-snubs-jacob-misiorowski-brewers/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2025 Phillies ASG complaints</a>
<a href="https://www.theringer.com/2025/11/18/pop-culture/bill-ackman-may-i-meet-you-meme-explainer-tweet" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to &#8220;May I meet you?&#8221; meme</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_wager" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Pascal&#8217;s wager wiki</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quis_custodiet_ipsos_custodes%3F" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to &#8220;Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?&#8221;</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/rays/video/chandler-simpson-s-incredible-robbery" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Simpson/Adell robbery</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN199709050.shtml" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Glavine game 1</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN200705300.shtml" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Glavine game 2</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/amycaro.bsky.social/post/3mphotiavqk2a" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Nola question</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlviajJlctQ" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Bois on Stieb</a>
<a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GgVjaONpmy8Az3pusPWOYjkCTqwkHNgi?usp=sharing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Stat Blast data</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/SlangsOnSports/status/2073191024298455508" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cubs fact 1</a>
<a href="https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2073183661013295406" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cubs fact 2</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/07/shohei-ohtani-to-miss-start-skip-all-star-game-due-to-left-knee-issue.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Ohtani</a>
<a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/07/cardinals-jj-wetherholt-agree-to-extension.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to MLBTR on Wetherholt</a>

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