Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about umpire Pat Hoberg’s unprecedented “perfect game” behind the plate in Game 2 of the World Series, followed by musings on Nolan Arenado opting not to opt out of his contract, the Royals hiring Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro as their new manager, and Rob Manfred’s latest update on the zombie runner, then break down Games 1 and 2 of the World Series, reflect on the folly of predicting sweeps and seven-game series, and provide a Past Blast from 1923. Then (1:17:54) they bring on Umpire Scorecards creator Ethan Singer to explain how he realized an umpire perfect game had occurred, how Hoberg’s umpire perfecto was calculated, Hoberg’s track record, the squishy nature of ump perfection, the concepts of accuracy, expected accuracy, and consistency, the odds of a perfect game occurring, Umpire Scorecards in the robot-umps era, umpiring accuracy and difficulty in the postseason, the rest of the umps in the World Series, and more.Audio intro: John Cale, “Perfect”Audio interstitial: Ronnie Wood, “100%”Audio outro: Kiwi Jr., “Highlights of 100”Link to Ben on umpire perfect gamesLink to Hoberg articleLink to Hoberg’s Twitter scorecardLink to Hoberg’s website scorecardLink to Hoberg game videoLink to Bob Wolff Larsen callLink to Vin Scully Larsen callLink to MLBTR on ArenadoLink to Jay Jaffe on ArenadoLink to MLBTR on QuatraroLink to MLBTR on the White Sox searchLink to Shakeia Taylor EW episodeLink to study on manager demographicsLink to Shakeia on manager demographicsLink to Rob on manager demographicsLink to James Wagner managers threadLink to zombie runner commentsLink to 2020 zombie runner surveyLink to The Athletic zombie runner surveyLink to FG zombie runner surveyLink to ZiPS postseason oddsLink to FG WS Game 1 storyLink to FG WS Game 2 storyLink to Jaffe on Verlander in the WSLink to Posnanski on on Verlander in G1Link to post on Díaz’s non-HBPLink to FG post on starters in reliefLink to Valdez suspicion storyLink to Maldonado/Pujols batsLink to Silver Slugger finalistsLink to Ben on predicting sweepsLink to Joe’s newsletterLink to MLB.com WS predictionsLink to ESPN WS predictionsLink to The Athletic WS predictionsLink to CBS Sports WS predictionsLink to 1923 story sourceLink to SABR on radio broadcastsLink to article on televised World SeriesLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on TwitterLink to Ethan’s first EW interviewLink to Umpire Scorecards leaderboardLink to World Series umpire lineupLink to MLB’s no-hitter redefinitionLink to support Umpire scorecardsLink to Ethan’s personal websiteLink to Ben in 2014 on postseason umpsLink to Ben on MLB ump evaluationsLink to 2015 article on ump improvementLink to 2016 article on ump improvementLink to study on umpire ageLink to umps and high leverage studyLink to EW on umpire decision fatigueLink to Baumann on rainout implicationsLink to NYT umpire interactive 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