Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s baseball Facebook friend recommendations, the Phillies’ odds against the Astros in the World Series, Kyle Schwarber’s mechanical bull ride, a hidden perk of the Astros’ pitching depth, whether we judge managers too much by their rings, the career and legacy of Dave Dombrowski, the Marlins hiring Skip Schumaker as manager, the length of games this postseason, and Shohei Ohtani’s old team drafting another two-way player, followed by Stat Blasts (1:10:37) about when the AL/NL’s cumulative HR total overtook its cumulative SB total, a pitcher pinch running for the DH, and George Springer and the most hits before a first pinch hit, plus a Past Blast from 1921.Audio intro: Free, “Be My Friend”Audio outro: Thrush Hermit, “Skip the Life”Link to FG WS oddsLink to reliever familiarity researchLink to video of Schwarber’s rideLink to Posnanski on Davey JohnsonLink to post on Dombrowski historyLink to Bannister’s Dombrowski threadLink to MLBTR on SchumakerLink to MLB.com on SchumakerLink to Sam on nicknamesLink to study on manager demographicsLink to report on manager demographicsLink to more on manager demographicsLink to Acta’s mound tweetLink to MLB.com on game lengthsLink to annual postseason offenseLink to research on scoring and upsetsLink to Yazawa newsLink to Shinjo jersey newsLink to StatheadLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to EW emails databaseLink to CloseCallSports videoLink to 1921 story sourceLink to SABR on the ’21 World SeriesLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter 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