EWFI
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Jorge Soler charging the mound against Reynaldo López and whether a team could dupe an opposing ace into getting ejected, Konnor Griffin’s extension becoming official, whether Jose Altuve is benefiting from the reshaped strike zone, a wave of MLB injuries, teams whose playoff odds have changed the most in the first two weeks of the season, Tony Vitello’s PR performance, the debut of brimless hats, a few follow-ups, and more.

Audio intro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Cease vs. Ohtani game
Link to brawl story
Link to suspensions story
Link to Soler vs. López stats
Link to Bois database
Link to Bois spreadsheet
Link to “aggro” wiki
Link to Armadillidiidae wiki
Link to Dan S. on Griffin
Link to MLBTR on Griffin
Link to Olney’s deleted tweet
Link to Rosenthal on Griffin
Link to marriage/divorce stats
Link to Woodrum on the strike zone
Link to Seidler on Altuve
Link to wRC+ leaderboard
Link to batter challenges leaderboard
Link to Altuve called-strike rate
Link to Judge called-strike rate
Link to Altuve mistake-strike rate
Link to Judge mistake-strike rate
Link to five-year out-of-zone-strike rate
Link to five-year in-zone-ball rate
Link to Petriello on height 1
Link to Petriello on height 2
Link to banging-scheme player data
Link to report on Altuve’s sign-stealing
Link to FG post on recent injuries
Link to Dan S. on slow starts
Link to demure/mindful meme
Link to playoff odds changes
Link to Red Sox panic
Link to Breslow quote
Link to Ben on ex-player GMs
Link to most consecutive one-run losses
Link to Ben on dugout game-calling
Link to Vitello article 1
Link to Vitello article 2
Link to Vitello article 3
Link to Vitello article 4
Link to Vitello article 5
Link to Chapman/Schmitt clip
Link to Alcantara/McCullough story
Link to Rockies start story
Link to Sheehan on Caissie
Link to Walker’s hot start
Link to new City Connects
Link to White Sox giveaway hat
Link to mitre wiki
Link to Baumann post
Link to Rangers statue post
Link to Jake hat photo
Link to Jordan hat photo
Link to “Yankee with no brim” clip
Link to 2025 Jensen article
Link to new Jensen celly
Link to Jensen celly video
Link to May sunglasses clip
Link to Igawa post
Link to “sled dog” post
Link to Jackson photo 1
Link to Jackson photo 2
Link to 2025 Jackson HR
Link to MLBTR on Davitt
Link to Davitt on EW
Link to date blast image 1
Link to date blast image 2
Link to date blast image 3
Link to date blast image 4

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