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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter in regards to the pleasures of and precedents for the historic rookie performances on Opening Day, the pains of Netflix’s Opening Evening broadcast, an Opening Day catastrophe for Paul Skenes, Oneil Cruz, and a fowl close to Carson Benge, Freddie Freeman’s gameday match, a perplexing (un?)enjoyable reality in regards to the Phillies and Jhoan Duran, why gamers don’t at all times problem after they “ought to,” Nico Hoerner and Shane Baz extensions, baseball motion pictures being again (because of Tom Hanks), and extra, plus a Stat Blast (1:28:40) about Black Ink streaks and a postscript (1:37:14) that includes a follow-up and some bonus Blasts.
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