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Successfully Wild Episode 1881: Antitrust Us

July 26, 2022

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter a couple of convoluted enjoyable truth, the Cardinals’ anti-vaccination contingent, a historic Purple Sox stoop, an damage to high draftee Druw Jones, and a Willians Astudillo double-play pitch, Stat Blast (16:00) about Bryan Shaw and late-starting starters (plus an replace on zero-RBI cleanup hitters), and share a Previous Blast from 1881. Then (30:48) they speak to The Athletic senior author Evan Drellich about what the top (for now) of negotiations over a world draft portends for the way forward for the idea and relations between MLB and the MLBPA, the newest legislative problem to MLB’s antitrust exemption, a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over minor league pay, Rob Manfred’s remark about dwelling wages for minor leaguers, MLB’s broadcasting and blackout plans, and extra.

Audio intro: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, “First to Finish, Last to Start”
Audio interstitial: Tv Personalities, “Evan Doesn’t Ring Me Anymore”
Audio outro: The New Pornographers, “Chump Change”

Link to fun fact tweet
Link to Goldschmidt/Arenado comments
Link to Mikolas comments
Link to Red Sox slump story
Link to Stathead
Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter
Link to first-start data
Link to updated zero-RBI records
Link to story about Shaw
Link to Shaw game box score
Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four
Link to 1881 story source 1
Link to 1881 story source 2
Link to story on Astudillo double play
Link to Jones injury report
Link to Evan on the international draft
Link to Ken and Maria on the draft
Link to James Wagner on the draft
Link to Evan on the antitrust exemption
Link to Evan on extended spring pay
Link to Forbes on the lawsuit settlement
Link to Hannah Keyser on MiLB pay
Link to Facebook post about the EW wiki
Link to “How to Help” wiki page