Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Scott Rolen’s election to the Hall of Fame, Billy Wagner, Andy Pettitte, and relievers vs. starters as Cooperstown candidates, the Adalberto Mondesi trade (and a wager about Mondesi and Shohei Ohtani), and (32:40) more ways in which baseball stands out from other sports. Then (45:00) they talk to FanGraphs senior writer (and The Cooperstown Casebook author) Jay Jaffe about Rolen’s trajectory, the rest of the voting results, the typical ballot in 2023, the election outlook for 2024, frustrating Hall of Fame arguments, and more. After that (1:21:36), they end with a follow-up about extra players on the field and an in-person Past Blast from 1960 (and Jacob Pomrenke).Audio intro: Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, “Rollin’ On”Audio interstitial: Van Morrison, “Dweller on the Threshold”Audio outro: Joel Plaskett, “Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’”Link to HoF voting resultsLink to Petriello on HoF 3BLink to parents’ reaction videoLink to Rolen’s Reddit spoilerLink to Griffey/Piazza Reddit spoilerLink to Rolen Stathead queryLink to B-Ref newsletterLink to Ben on not votingLink to Ben on not voting againLink to Jeff Passan on not votingLink to Andy McCullough on not votingLink to Mark Armour tweetLink to reliever JAWS listLink to FG on the Mondesi tradeLink to B.J. on Mondesi in 2018Link to B.J. tweet about MVP MondesiLink to Ohtani signing reaction episodeLink to Meg/Barnwell/Adler episodeLink to @OldTakesExposedLink to baseball exceptionalism wikiLink to curling scoreboard infoLink to golf scoreboard photoLink to Jay on the resultsLink to Jayson Stark on the resultsLink to Ben on MauerLink to Rob Parker tweetLink to Ron Cook columnLink to Verducci videoLink to The Cooperstown CasebookLink to Hershberger story sourceLink to 1960 story sourceLink to 1960 Winter Meetings (SABR)Link to SABR on MLB schedule changesLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Past Blast wikiLink to Shapiro quotes 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