Effectively Wild Episode 2507: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Named Mark Ballas [JL9CFSVq7TV]

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Bens jury duty and his reaction to Meg and Craigs pillow talk on the preceding episode. Then they discuss why All-Star Game pitching is overpowering, whether the Home Run Derby balls were juiced (and whether it matters), another earliest-ever Opening Day, MLBs crackdown on teams boundary-pushing use of dugout iPads, Shohei Ohtani ( s pitching pause, MLB app complaints, extensions for Chase Burns ( and Kyle Bradish ( , Luis Arraez ( as a prize of the trade deadline, and the funniest tech startups the Dodgers have seeded.

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