Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a good time to be a Pirates fan, whether the red-hot Rays or the ice-cold A’s will regress more toward the mean over the rest of the season, Rob Manfred’s comments about A’s fans, Logan O’Hoppe’s injury and Brandon Marsh’s hot streak, whether Bryce Harper has Wolverine’s healing factor, a Byron Buxton catch-22, the Twins’ lack of stolen bases, rosin’s real effects, the early-season injury rate, and more. Then (1:00:20) they Stat Blast about the one pitcher who won’t let the pitch clock rush him, Mookie Betts and the latest-career starting-shortstop debuts, and MLB trends in paternity leave, plus (1:37:41) the surprising origin of “velocity” as an alternative term for “speed” in baseball, a Past Blast (1:45:22) from 1998, and a few follow-ups (1:48:42).Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to MLBTR on ReynoldsLink to MLBTR on SheltonLink to FG playoff oddsLink to MLBTR on MaggiLink to CNN on MaggiLink to old EW episode on MaggiLink to “phantom ballplayer” wikiLink to Maggi videoLink to worst season-starting run diffLink to worst 23-game run diffLink to best season-starting run diffLink to best 23-game run diffLink to Manfred on the A’sLink to A’s attendance by yearLink to 1991 A’s payrollLink to story on Lacob and the A’sLink to Joe Pompliano on the A’sLink to Sam Blum on O’HoppeLink to Jay Jaffe on O’HoppeLink to FG catcher depth chartsLink to story on Harper’s returnLink to Wolverine origin storyLink to Twins Daily on BuxtonLink to Buxton on DHingLink to Buxton collisionLink to Birnbaum on the DH penaltyLink to Russell on the DH penaltyLink to BP on Rockies/Twins SBLink to Gleeman on the Twins’ runningLink to MLBTR on pre-tacked ballsLink to Southern League pitcher tweetLink to Laurila tweetLink to rosin wars infoLink to Pages From Baseball’s PastLink to Rob on rosin and spinLink to Ben on sticky-stuff effectsLink to BP on early injuriesLink to Passan on early injuriesLink to new Topps NOW cardsLink to Topps NOW archiveLink to Isaac’s GitHubLink to Gus’s GitHubLink to 36-game sequencesLink to list of longest streaksLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to pitch tempo leaderboardLink to pitch tempo spreadsheetLink to Pivetta on the clockLink to FG violations leaderboardLink to FG post on MookieLink to story on Mookie’s SS debutLink to Mookie’s SS dreamLink to most G before first SS startLink to list without DH/PH/PRLink to Kenny Jackelen on TwitterLink to 1982 Evans articleLink to story on Martin’s debutLink to paternity-leave dataLink to Murphy/Esiason storyLink to 2011 Lewis storyLink to 2011 paternity-leave storyLink to Jaffe on Muncy mashingLink to 2019 article on paternity leaveLink to 2011 paternity-leave storyLink to 2022 paternity-leave storyLink to another paternity-leave storyLink to Carey Price on paternity leaveLink to speed vs. velocityLink to speed vs. velocity sourcesLink to 1998 Past Blast sourceLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Buxton/Twins winLink to Reds mascots pageLink to “Honey Bun” lyricsLink to Craig Edwards on relieversLink to Ben Clemens on relieversLink to dilly dally/lollygag 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