Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Drew Maggi’s major league debut and whether there should be a way for other journeyman minor leaguers to make the majors more easily, the story of short-lived Mariners mascot Spacey the Space Needle, the causes of a dramatic uptick in occurrences of catcher’s interference, Shohei Ohtani’s anti-pitch-tipping prowess, Jordan Walker’s demotion to the minors, the slow starts of the Cardinals and White Sox, and more, plus (1:17:03) a Past Blast from 1999 and a question about celebrities on major league rosters.Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to video of Maggi’s debutLink to article about Maggi’s debutLink to Reddit post about SpaceyLink to 1990 Spacey articleLink to other 1990 Spacey articleLink to 1999 Spacey articleLink to video of stilts pitchingLink to video of stilts hittingLink to Ben on pitcher roster limitsLink to Jay Jaffe on RayLink to interference spreadsheetLink to CI at B-RefLink to CI rule infoLink to Jeff on CI in 2017Link to Jeff on EllsburyLink to Emma on SenzelLink to reach-on-error articleLink to Ben on one-knee framingLink to knee-down catching infoLink to Grandal on CILink to Grandal on CI againLink to Jake & Jordan on CILink to 2022 2-CI inningLink to 2023 2-CI inningLink to pitch-tipping postLink to Suarez tweetLink to other Suarez tweetLink to 2019 Suarez articleLink to Walker pitch typesLink to article on Walker demotionLink to other Walker articleLink to FG on the Cardinals OFLink to playoff odds changesLink to 1998 Past Blast sourceLink to Past Blast source, cont’d.Link to AP piece on BrooksLink to B-Ref Bullpen on BrooksLink to Sam on baseball embarrassmentLink 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