

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about how Albert Pujols has remained an RBI man without being a good hitter and the historic slimness of Cleveland rookie pitcher Triston McKenzie, then answer a listener email about whether all innings would be better with the extra-innings automatic-runner rule, followed by Stat Blasts about what would happen if all GMs traded as much as the most frequent trader, the record for the most identical final scores on the same day, and hitters who’ve struck out four times on 12 pitches in the same game, plus another listener email about how much shorter the average game has been this season because of seven-inning games and fewer extra innings, and closing banter about the bottom of the ninth’s history.

Audio intro: The Kinks, "Living on a Thin Line"

Audio outro: The Baseball Project, "Golden Sombrero"

Link to 2017 Pujols article

Link to sheet of lowest and highest BMIs

Link to scouts on McKenzie

Link to video of McKenzie’s debut

Link to story about McKenzie’s debut

Link to Lucas on McKenzie’s stuff

Link to Travis Sawchik on Cleveland’s pitcher development

Link to Tyler Stafford’s Stat Blast Song cover

Link to spreadsheet of days with most identical scores

Link to most common baseball scores

Link to three-pitch strikeouts spreadsheet

Link to Grant Brisbee on Lawrie’s sombrero

Link to Will Leitch on Lawrie’s sombrero

Link to A Game of Inches

Link to episode with discussion about Trout not flying

Link to Baseball-Reference Game Changer

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