Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley close the book on 2022 by bantering about the year in Effectively Wild, the Marlins signing Jean Segura, the heretofore-unsuspected existence of Charles Leblanc, and the pitch-calling accuracy of 10 retiring umpires, plus followups on how the zombie runner affects plate appearance totals, Lars Nootbaar’s pepper grinder, the year-to-year consistency of team replay-review success rates, and overlooked Rockies stories. Then (38:51) they discuss at least one listener-nominated topic about each American League team that they had previously overlooked on the podcast in 2022 (including mini Stat Blasts about the most unique team lineups used per season and Anthony Santander and team winning percentages when a player hits at least two homers), plus a Past Blast (1:46:52) from 1949.Audio intro: Other Lives, “End of the Year”Audio outro: Blue Rain Boots, “2023”Link to nVenue episodeLink to MLBTR on SeguraLink to projected team WARLink to retiring umps storyLink to Umpire ScorecardsLink to Hallion punchouts videoLink to story on ump improvementsLink to story on ump ageLink to EW episode on NL teamsLink to pepper grinder storyLink to tweets about NootbaarLink to replay success ratesLink to success-rate spreadsheetLink to stat correlationsLink to SP stat correlationsLink to more stat correlationsLink to pitching stat correlationsLink to xstats correlationsLink to Freeland clipLink to Pint storyLink to Rockies scoreboardSecond link to Rockies scoreboardLink to 2022 SP WARLink to Baker deli storyLink to Craig Wright on VogtLink to UPI Vogt storyLink to Vogt homer videoLink to Vogt ref impression 1Link to Vogt ref impression 2Link to Ringer best sports momentsLink to highest BABIPsLink to OAA behind pitcherLink to FG on the righty shiftLink to Jays Journal on GausmanLink to The Athletic on GausmanLink to Jay Jaffe on GausmanLink to FG on Jays shiftingLink to Kwan pinball storyLink to swing rate leaderboardLink to CtC on GonzalezLink to story on Gonzalez’s swingsLink to story on Harry FordLink to story on Great Britain/WBCLink to 2+ home run spreadsheetLink to immaculate innings storyLink to best second-half hittersLink to Harold Ramírez storyLink to Boston.com on EckLink to The Ecktionary on TwitterLink to Ecktionary glossaryLink to The Athletic on EckersleyLink to Eck on “pair of shoes”Link to CBS Sports on CuasLink to The Athletic on CuasLink to Cuas MLBN videoLink to Cuas on his debutLink to article on MeadowsLink to Rodriguez reportLink to Rodriguez return storyLink to lineups spreadsheetLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to previous lineups Stat BlastLink to RP WPA leadersLink to fastest four-seamersLink to story on Cruz and ArraezLink to ultimate grand slamsLink to Cabrera robberyLink to article on CabreraLink to Pinstripe Alley on CabreraLink to 1949 story sourceLink to Dodgertown siteLink to story on Rickey innovationsLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Sponsor Us on Patreon 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