

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Johnny Cooney as the Vroom Vroom Guy, minor-league closer Dusten Knight’s backflip save-celebration ritual, the extreme struggles of the Red Sox, and a new way to represent Willians Astudillo’s success at making contact, then answer listener emails about umpires calling balls and strikes from second base and the most commonly known things about baseball, plus a Stat Blast about the disappearance of old pitchers.

Audio intro: The Undertones, "Jump Boys"

Audio outro: The Capes, "First Base"

Link to backflip videos

Link to Chapman somersault video

Link to Jeff on classifying closer celebrations

Link to Astudillo leaderboard

Link to umpire-accuracy article

Link to The Roots video

Link to post on White Sox caps and hip-hop culture

Link to piece on politicians’ baseball metaphors

Link to Sam on a 50-inning game

Link to Ben on early-season stat changes

Link to preorder The MVP Machine

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