Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley lament the newly codified permanence of the zombie runner, rededicate themselves to “ghost runner” reeducation, and banter about a new position-player-pitching limitation, Andrew Chafin’s surprisingly modest contract, Derek Jeter joining Fox Sports, baseball’s leading newsbreakers vs. the leading newsbreakers in other sports, baseball officiating vs. football officiating, the schedule for Triple-A robo umps, and a 1937 proposal for baseball photo finishes. Then they continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the Cleveland Guardians (35:09) with MLB.com’s Mandy Bell and the Texas Rangers (1:12:18) with The Athletic’s Levi Weaver, plus Past Blasts (1:55:08) from 1873 and 1968 and a few follow-ups.
2023 EW Season Preview Series
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Audio intro: Dawes, “Everything is Permanent”Audio interstitial 1: 10cc, “I’m Mandy Fly Me”Audio interstitial 2: Levi Weaver, “Dark Clay”Audio outro: Dr. Dog, “Ebenezer Scrooge”Link to rules announcementsLink to extra-innings pace studyLink to Ben on TLOULink to Eric Stephen threadLink to Eno on pos. player pitchersLink to WaPo on PPPLink to Royals Review on PPPLink to MLBTR on Chafin’s optionLink to MLBTR on Chafin’s signingLink to Stathead on leading LHRPLink to Leo Morgenstern on ChafinLink to Jake Mailhot on LHRPLink to Sheehan on NFL/MLB callsLink to Super Bowl holding playLink to MLB.com on JeterLink to Katie Baker on Fox pregamesLink to robo ump scheduleLink to Max Bishop SABR bioLink to Craig Wright on BishopLink to 1937 photo finish sourceLink to article on photo-finish cameraLink to film development sourceLink to other film development sourceLink to FG team projectionsLink to payroll rankingsLink to Guardians offseason trackerLink to Guardians depth chartLink to Rangers offseason trackerLink to Rangers depth chartLink to Levi’s wins predictionLink to Levi’s author archiveLink to FG’s SP projectionsLink to FG’s LF projectionsLink to 2022 LF WAR by teamLink to Bochy’s W-L recordLink to 1873 article sourceLink to Rob Arthur on OF shiftsLink to Rob on OF depthLink to 1968 article sourceLink to second ’68 article sourceLink to third ’68 article sourceLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to CBA AAV ruleLink to NHL contract rulesLink to old CPBL logoLink to Brännboll wikiLink to Brännboll videoLink to 1796 proto-baseball textLink to baseball exceptionalism wikiLink to A Christmas Carol ending 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