Slide, You Blockhead! Slide! (Meta)

I always cringe when I see a meta about baseball, but I was able to get this one. Nicely done, Ben. Thanks!

Consistency? What did I mess?

Nice one! I love baseball!

Facet, heh... Nice challenge, Ben. Is RESOD a distraction here?

That sure is a big gap in the middle of the grid. Let’s ignore it and go chase (B)RUINS with no signs of other baseball team names.

An Aussie takes on baseball and scores a homer! Fun puzzle Ben, now I suppose I have to make a cricket meta!

Very clever mechanism and smooth grid fill, Ben - thank you

As a lifelong baseball fan, I appreciate you creating this puzzle, Ben. I’d be lost if the theme were rugby or Australian rules football!

So RUNE is RUN with an E and REESE is a reference to Pee-wee Reese so a P and if the DINO slides into the NITE and dislodges the N we get DINO-MITE with an M and.... gee, tough back-solve....

Impressive!

Nicely done. I didn't catch the reference to "facet" at first.

Finally got it. Nice puzzle Ben!

I feel like the title was directed at me. It took me long enough to solve this. Great job, Ben.

Thank you, Ben! Fun solve!

Finally able to see the way to what I felt from the start had to be the answer -- because of "facet," and from seeing the DIA at the end of my name, and MO(U)ND. I initially kept my sliding to only the open base paths -- BRUINS, even though it was out of whack thematically; HOMERUNS; and STAGE, which would be an alternative to the ARENA clue. Ben's clarification of baseball-theme words helped me know those were involved. I did so want to include SPIT as one of them :) but in the end I had to leave that activity to the EMUS.

That took me way too long! I didn't even need the nudges after all. Thanks!

Finally saw the key as to how to slide letters into place to create an apropos baseball word. I actually had the clues circled, but just needed that bolt from above to provide the AHA spark.