Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the hot start by Jarred Kelenic and when to believe in a breakout, Jo Adell and the mystery of quadruple-A players, the odds of no Marlin hitting for the cycle until Luis Arraez did it this week, the Rays’ record-tying 13th straight win, new reports about new rules, and more. Then (51:12) they answer listener emails about the best urban, non-ballpark setting for baseball, the MLB player they would most want to be stranded with on a desert island (with a digression on Matt Strahm and ballpark beer sales), a pitcher with one unhittable pitch per game, and a black-box outfield, plus a Past Blast (1:26:19) from 1993. Audio intro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Chicano Batman, “Cycles of Existential Rhyme”Link to Kelenic homerLink to Passan tweetLink to article on Kelenic’s swingLink to Verducci on KelenicLink to article on AdellLink to Arraez cycle videoLink to cycles since 1993Link to team cycles since ’93Link to one-team cycle oddsLink to league-wide cycle oddsLink to Rays streak statsLink to Springs injury storyLink to Rays rallyLink to FG playoff oddsLink to Baumann on LodoloLink to FG violations reportLink to new B-Ref rules reportLink to aircraft-carrier diagramLink to aircraft-carrier derbiesLink to Mikolas lizard storyLink to AP story on beer salesLink to Astros beer newsLink to Strahm commentsLink to Manfred on concessionsLink to BA on concessionsLink to Crain’s on concessionsLink to Strahm’s YouTube channelLink to EW emails databaseLink to 1993 Past Blast sourceLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s Substack 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