Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the man who tried to return Roger Maris’s 61st home run ball, two Mickey Mantle letters, the 2017 Zac Gallen/Sandy Alcantara trade, how Maury Wills changed (and dominated) basestealing, and Aaron Judge’s recent value even when he hasn’t hit homers, then answer listener emails (38:15) about hitters setting their own strike zones, Atlanta’s extreme day/night winning percentage split, the shift ban and the Stanky rule, which pitchers will suffer from the new pickoff-attempt rules, and immaculate innings that include an automatic strike from the pitch clock (with a digression into “timer” vs. “clock”), followed by a research-intensive Stat Blast (1:05:53) into whether working quickly improves the defense behind a pitcher, and a double Past Blast (1:27:58) from 1907, including an ahead-of-its-time proposal by the eccentric Bob Unglaub.Audio intro: Styx, “Havin’ a Ball”Audio outro: Drive-By Truckers, “Bob”Link to 2022 article about DuranteLink to 2016 article about DuranteLink to offer for Judge ballLink to article about Judge ball valueLink to other article about Judge ballLink to 1961 Mantle letterLink to 1973 Mantle letterLink to BP on GallenLink to article about 2017 tradeLink to Jeff on the 2017 tradeLink to Wills SABR bioLink to Wills obitLink to Pages From Baseball’s PastLink to Craig Wright on SBsLink to Wright on WillsLink to 1960–65 SB leadersLink to 1962 NL MVP votingLink to video of Judge near-homerLink to Defector on the Judge flyoutLink to Defector on walking JudgeLink to EW emails databaseLink to Stathead on Atlanta’s splitLink to EW Stanky draftLink to Stanky maneuver storyLink to Stanky maneuver imageLink to Russell on the running gameLink to list of immaculate inningsLink to StatheadLink to Savant pitch tempo pageLink to Savant defense behind pitcherLink to Savant team defenseLink to Mike Fast on pace and defenseLink to Ben on pace and defense in 2017Link to pace and defense Stat Blast dataLink to 1907 Cubs story sourceLink to list of in-season exhibitionsLink to SABR baseball cards siteLink to SABR baseball cards tweetLink to Unglaub’s 1907 arc ideaLink to article on eccentric UnglaubLink to article on Unglaub not playingLink to Unglaub SABR bioLink to Rob Arthur on deeper defenseLink to Rob on better defenseLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on TwitterLink to DraftKings ad Sponsor Us on PatreonSubscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source