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The baseball news cycle is as confusing as it is frustrating—we bring on Ben Lindbergh to parse all the facts that you need to know about the likelihood of MLB playing this summer (2:13). Then, Giants PA announcer Renel Brooks-Moon joins to talk about her wonderful journey into baseball media, how this player activism movement compares to others she’s seen and participated in, and how the baseball world can better address its race and gender inequities (26:31).

Hosts: Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman
Guest: Ben Lindbergh and Renel Brooks-Moon

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Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

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