Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about redefining the MVP award, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s unearthed baseball blogs, Billy Beane’s new role with the A’s, and the Braves’ spinoff from Liberty Media, plus a Past Blast from 1931. Then (30:27) they bring on listener and top-tier Patreon supporter Peter Bonney to discuss his baseball background and answer listener emails about baseball economics and the leaguewide effects of low-spending owners, an open-ended player to be named later, batters weeping intentionally, the art of arbitrary endpoints, PitchCom voice actors, how many MLB games are available via video, a team award for the regular season, how to order umpires by accuracy in the World Series, holistic Hall of Famers, and having to win three straight games to win the World Series.Audio intro: Night Beats, “Crypt”Audio interstitial: The Claudettes, “Dozing in the Crypt”Audio outro: The Mother Hips, “Payroll Peter”Link to AL MVP resultsLink to NL MVP resultsLink to The Ringer FTX explainerLink to Bloomberg on FTXLink to Milky Eggs on FTXLink to SBF’s baseball blog postsLink to SBF’s first postLink to SBF’s first pitcher-roles postLink to SBF’s second pitcher-roles postLink to SBF on fetishization of the oldLink to Dave Cameron’s pitching postLink to SBF’s 2021 Twitter threadLink to story on FTX lawsuitLink to Ohtani/FTX press releaseLink to Manfred on FTXLink to MLBTR on BeaneLink to Liberty Media announcementLink to Travis Sawchik on the BravesLink to 1931 story sourceLink to SABR on night baseballLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on TwitterLink to Peter’s THT articlesLink to Peter’s umpire presentationLink to Peter’s Fenway presentationLink to Peter’s companyLink to Kwan on strikeoutsLink to The Gist on polarizationLink to Sawchik on PitchComLink to Pujols homer reelLink to Dayn on a team awardLink to the Stat Blast songLink to the EW emails databaseLink to Ryan Nelson’s MVP tweetLink to MLBTR on Bellinger 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