Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the podcast’s naming conventions, the EW reverse jinx boosting Byron Buxton, the stress of observing Jacob deGrom’s high-wire act, Drew Maggi’s first major league hit (off of Hobie Harris!), high-scoring, high-altitude baseball in Mexico City, MLB editing (and later restoring) an A’s highlight, White Sox fan unrest, Jazz Chisholm Jr. being mic’d up on a broadcast while batting, the standouts toward the top of the combined WAR leaderboard one month into the season, and more, then (1:12:00) Stat Blast about the lowest-career-WAR players ever to lead a team in WAR in one season, the most players ever used in one game at each position, and how the pitch clock has made games not only much shorter, but also much less variable in duration, plus (1:41:32) a Past Blast from 2001 and a few follow-ups and closing thoughts (1:43:39).Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to deGrom injury infoLink to Ben Clemens on deGromLink to Maggi hits videoLink to article on Maggi being optionedLink to Ben on baseball in Mexico CityLink to Mexico City game statsLink to Susan’s humidor tweetLink to Susan’s Mexico City gamerLink to Susan’s Game 2 gamerLink to story about A’s fansLink to tweet about A’s highlightLink to Ben on in-game interviewsLink to mic’d up MaldonadoLink to White Sox fan rantLink to James Fegan on Sox fansLink to James on the Roberts benchingLink to Jay on the White SoxLink to combined WAR leaderboardLink to article on Chapman’s defenseLink to FG post on ColeLink to Cole’s Hicks reactionLink to Topps NOW cardsLink to Episode 1952 Stat BlastLink to worst WAR leadersLink to most players at position linksLink to Ben on the Waxahachie SwapLink to all-position playersLink to Ben on game timesLink to April 25 gamesLink to 1969 time-of-game articleLink to 2001 Past Blast sourceLink to contraction plan detailsLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Twins HR celebrationLink to Sam on WS dogpilesLink to Sam on walk-off celebrationsLink to 2019 Nats celebrationsLink to 2019 Nats articleLink to 2023 HR celebrationsLink to White Sox walk-off gamerLink to Passan division tweetsLink to A’s walk-off gamerLink to A’s winless SP recordLink to Ohtani homerLink to Cruz tripleLink to CBA/start times thread 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