Ben and Meg joke about Based Boras vs. Borscht Belt Boras and a few corny jokes they missed, then discuss the end-of-season awards (Aaron Judge vs Cal Raleigh, Paul Skenes vs Christopher SanchezSkenes as paid pitchman, Jose Ramirez MVP shares, Shohei Ohtani’s dog vs. Judge’s dogs, repetition among award winners, groupthink among voters, WAR bias, bringing back old-school awards, and more) before we dive into the news that Padres ownership is considering a sale. Then (1:13:43) Michael Mountain joins Ben on Stat Blast about team rivalries.
intro audio: Josh Busman, “Effective Wild Theme”
Audio different: Nate Emerson, “Effective Wild Theme”
Link to Boras/exec comments
Link to BP Boras quip rankings
Link to AL MVP results
Link to Ben on Judge and Raleigh
Link to NL MVP results
Link to AL Cy results
Link to NL Cy results
Link to Skene’s response
Link to Skenes’ response article
Link to the location of Skenes Raising Cane
Link to Skenes on EW
Link to Posnanski about retro awards
Link to Ohtani dog video
Link to video about inspection dog
Link to Baumann on voting and WAR
Link to the prize sharing wiki
Link to Ramírez Rewards Share
Link to the pitch-fixing fallout article
Link to MLBTR on the Padres Sale
Link to CTV Barger video
Link to Human Recruitment
Link to register with Secret Santa
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