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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about ALCS Game 4 and NLCS Game 3, with an emphasis on <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/max-scherzer/3137/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Max Scherzer&#8217;</a>s must-win mentality and why his hyped-up mound and start-day demeanor stops just short of scanning as too intense, the Dodgers&#8217; likeability (or lack thereof), and repetitive promos. Then (as Meg sporadically exclaims about the beginning of ALCS Game 5), they discuss how the Tigers should approach <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/tarik-skubal/22267/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Tarik Skubal&#8217;</a>s contractual/financial future, followed by a postscript featuring snippets of real-time reaction to the Mariners&#8217; Game 5 comeback and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/shohei-ohtani/19755/stats?position=DH" target="_blank">Shohei Ohtani</a>&#8217;s instantly legendary, pennant-clinching Game 4 two-way display. 
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