Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the 2024 regular-season schedule, the baseball relevance of a study about humans’ hunger for useless information, and the storylines they’re most looking forward to following over the remainder of the season, then (35:58) answer emails about a total solar eclipse during a Guardians game, sliding into a base covered in dirt, why baseball broadcasts don’t do a better job of showing baserunners, same-named players playing the same position in the same game, defining a “comeback win,” the meaning of “retiring x in a row,” why pitchers are still listed as switch-hitters, a way to save time with pinch-hitter announcements, making it legal for multiple runners to occupy the same base, and going winless in extra-inning games, plus a Stat Blast (1:21:36) about managerial ejections, a Future Blast (1:51:20) from 2033, and a few follow-ups.Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Pedantic Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Horny Effectively Wild Theme”Link to 2024 scheduleLink to study about pain and infoLink to The Ringer’s MLB storylinesLink to Rosenthal on buyers/sellersLink to MLBTR on OhtaniLink to Minasian on OhtaniLink to Hal Steinbrenner commentsLink to milk cartons wikiLink to MLBTR on MozeliakLink to EW Episode 1354Link to list of rival-team streaksLink to Trent on “Billy runs”Link to Trent on HUaLLink to Rob Mains on the ALCLink to Ben on the eclipse gameLink to EW volcano eventLink to EW eclipse episodeLink to Pickles sprinkler videoLink to Pickles lights-out videoLink to electron repulsion articleLink to Mets “ghost runner” clipLink to The Bear transcriptLink to Jones vs. Jones gameLink to double-Gonzalez gameLink to first “comeback win” episodeLink to Robertson batting in 2022Link to Stathead on winless extras teamsLink to winless extras startsLink to EW emails databaseLink to Hyde ejection storyLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to ejections dataLink to 1998 Leyland articleLink to 2006 Guillen articleLink to other Guillen articleLink to third Guillen articleLink to 2008 La Russa articleLink to 1973 Mathews articleLink to 1974 Berra articleLink to article on longest gamesLink to 1982 Lasorda articleLink to other Lasorda articleLink to ejection reasons 1Link to ejection reasons 2Link to Garver ejection articleLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Dahlen/Klem articleLink to Jay on DahlenLink to Dahlen SABR bioLink to MLBTR on BieberLink to Judge-sighting story 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