Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the inadequacies of dental insurance and Ben’s rewarding trip to Citi Field, a Marlins marketing strategy, Richard Bleier’s balk debacle, pitchers getting the memo about throwing strikes to Aaron Judge and Judge’s difference-making performance even when he doesn’t homer, preliminary Stat Blasts (41:33) about the most consecutive secondary pitches thrown to a batter in a game and the redundancy of RBI as a Triple Crown stat, finding things to savor in the regular season even with a shortage of standings suspense, more Stat Blasts (59:33) about the Braves’ extreme day/night split revisited, Fibonacci Sequence scoring, getting replaced before a second PA in both ends of a doubleheader, combined/relay cycles, Albert Pujols and homering on the most dates during the regular season, and games getting away from cruising pitchers, plus a Past Blast from 1909 (1:33:56) and a real-time reaction to Judge’s 61st (1:38:40).Audio intro: Ezra Furman, “My Teeth Hurt”Audio outro: Son Volt, “Afterglow 61”Link to Marlins marketing tweetLink to Dan S. on MenesesLink to Bleier balks storyLink to Bois’s balk rulesLink to Sam Miller on balksLink to Rob Mains on the Year of the BalkLink to first episode about Judge/strikesLink to consecutive secondaries sheetLink to FG Junis postLink to article on HR/SB leadersLink to FG standings suspense postLink to StatheadLink to Stathead webinarLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to Atlanta day/night dataLink to Fibonacci Sequence explainerLink to Fibonacci gamesLink to doubleheader replacement dataLink to post on relay/combined cyclesLink to relay/combined cycles sheetLink to Seinfeld reference clipLink to info on ex-cruising pitchersLink to Russell on replacing pitchersLink to EW emails databaseLink to 1909 story sourceLink to Tim Murnane SABR bioLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on TwitterLink to video of Judge’s homerLink to Lindsey on relievers catching HR 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