Show notes
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Effectively Wild listener/Patreon supporter Alana Crockett banter about Alana’s baseball background, pitcher representation in the MLB and MLBPA logos, and former umpire Joe West allegedly editing his own Wikipedia page, then (26:44) answer listener emails about a “cheap team tax” in trades, a pitching coach superpower, trading for the Rays’ front office, batters tossing the ball to themselves, a reboot of The Baseball Bunch, batters predicting pitch types, and called strikeouts on pitches straight down the middle, plus a Stat Blast (1:22:21) about Fernando Valenzuela and players with the best statistical cases to have their numbers retired, a Past Blast (1:47:21) from 1966, and a few follow-ups.Audio intro: Cowboy Joe West, “Out at Home”Audio outro: Mates of State, “Everyone Needs an Editor”Link to new MLBPA logoLink to MLB “duck” logoLink to MLB logo origin storyLink to NBA logo origin storyLink to Joe West Reddit threadLink to Joe West wikiLink to Crewchief22 talk pageLink to Hershiser game box scoreLink to Hershiser game videoLink to other Hershiser game videoLink to EW emails databaseLink to SP/RP velo studyLink to exit velo breakdownLink to The Baseball Bunch wikiLink to The Baseball Bunch oral historyLink to story about other Gary CohenLink to other Cohen’s IMDb pageLink to LaRoche retrospectiveLink to latest Votto videoLink to Votto’s top hatLink to Trevino videoLink to Rob on the banging schemeLink to the Nichols LawLink to Harry’s game-calling studyLink to EW episode with HarryLink to Cameron’s game-calling studyLink to EW episode with CameronLink to Cameron’s Guardians tweetLink to catcher RDTD K leadersLink to catcher fastball RDTD K leadersLink to pitcher RDTD K leadersLink to story on ValenzuelaLink to Stat Blast spreadsheetLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to list of retired numbersLink to story on Dodgers candidatesLink to story on Garvey’s numberLink to story on Mussina’s numberLink to Berkman commercialLink to 1963 Past Blast sourceLink to CICL MLB alumniLink to 1966 story sourceLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Nugget’s InstagramLink to Reddit study on KlentakLink to article on Earth’s coreLink to “Go west, young man” wiki 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