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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about takeaways from ESPN&#8217;s 30 for 30 podcast on <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/shohei-ohtani/19755/stats/batting" target="_blank">Shohei Ohtani</a> and Ippei Mizuhara, disappointing parity (46:41), the latest public-funding ballpark boondoggles in Kansas City and Tampa (52:22), and which AL wild card contender most deserves to squeak into October (1:12:58).
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<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49358425/how-listen-betrayal-shohei-ohtani-30-30-podcasts" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to The Betrayal of Shohei Ohtani</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-5wKFyebDM" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Passan video on the Dodgers</a>
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/jeff-passan-rejects-conspiracy-theories-000444239.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Passan tweeets on the Dodgers</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2150-crime-doesnt-ippei/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to EW episode on Ippei</a>
<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24542203-usa-v-mizuhara-complaint/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to criminal complaint</a>
<a href="https://deadline.com/2025/12/shohei-ohtani-gambling-scandal-starz-series-justin-lin-1236643505/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Starz show update</a>
<a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/effectively-wild-episode-2161-the-state-of-stadium-funding/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to deMause/Bradbury EW episode</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49674564/kansas-city-council-approves-600m-pledge-royals-stadium" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to KC ballpark update</a>
<a href="https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2026/08/25/tampa-bay-rays-stadium-deal-community-benefits-commitments-tampa-hillsborough/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Tampa ballpark update</a>
<a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rays-stadium-deal-tampa-hillsborough-212620448.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to more on Tampa ballpark</a>
<a href="https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9780803260160/field-of-schemes/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Field of Schemes book</a>
<a href="https://www.fieldofschemes.com/2026/08/24/24649/latest-rays-stadium-plan-includes-waterfall-fund-that-could-drive-public-cost-past-2b/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Field of Schemes post 1</a>
<a href="https://www.fieldofschemes.com/2026/08/24/24667/royals-mega-tif-could-see-missouri-taxpayers-covering-john-shermans-entire-1-9b-stadium-tab/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Field of Schemes post 2</a>
<a href="https://www.fieldofschemes.com/2026/08/25/24676/kc-to-spend-extra-7m-a-year-on-paying-off-royals-bonds-just-to-avoid-public-vote/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Field of Schemes post 3</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_increment_financing" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to TIF wiki</a>
<a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/this-one-will-be-different-9780197820216?cc=us&lang=en&" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to This One Will Be Different</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/fieldofschemes.bsky.social/post/3mtt72vwu222v" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to deMause Bluesky post</a>
<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lynnhurtak.com/post/3mtyixdzohc27" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Hurtak Bluesky post</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Ham" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Nippon Ham wiki</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Fighters wiki</a>
<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to fruit of the poisonous tree</a>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_wall" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Chinese wall wiki</a>
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/23/economy/national-debt-40-trillion" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to national debt news</a>
<a href="https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/september-10-1963-trio-of-alou-brothers-make-trail-blazing-appearance-with-giants/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Alou brothers game</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/featured/alou-brothers-formed-mlb-s-first-all-brother-outfield" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to all-Alou-outfield article</a>

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