Show notes
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Patreon supporter Samuel Giddins banter about Samuel’s baseball background and history with Effectively Wild, before (9:52) discussing a Juan Soto quote and the type of disappointing team that’s most frustrating. Then (21:35) they answer listener emails about randomizing on-field decisions, the legibility of player autographs, whether teams should employ designated huggers, whether veterans are more clutch, whether we’re misusing the phrase “heating up,” what would happen if Shohei Ohtani asked the Angels to release him, whether teams in a robo-umps world should alternate tall and short hitters in the lineup, offering Ohtani an ownership stake, why we use miles per hour for pitch speeds instead of feet per second, using a matching process in the amateur draft, whether anyone could make a trade if they found a GM’s unlocked phone, mascots as zombie runners, and playoff teams without .300 hitters, plus a Future Blast (1:41:34) from 2045 and a follow-up postscript on a White Sox (un)fun fact.Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Samuel’s websiteLink to Soto quoteLink to Soto quote sourceLink to Neil Paine on the unlucky PadresLink to The Athletic on autographsLink to Russell on postseason experienceLink to Russell on pennant-race experienceLink to tweet about Judge/Altuve zonesLink to tweet about Judge’s zoneLink to article about Judge/Altuve zonesLink to old FG post on Judge’s zoneLink to older FG post on Judge’s zoneLink to old FG post on Altuve’s zoneLink to older FG post on Altuve’s zoneLink to EW Stanky DraftLink to KG on player ownersLink to Goold on player ownersLink to details about Beckham’s contractLink to list of MLB mascotsLink to data on teams without .300 hittersLink to graph of teams without .300 hittersLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to EW listener emails databaseLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Future Blast wikiLink to Ben Clemens on LittellLink to tweet about the SoxLink to Sox high-K gamesLink to worst WP w/13+ KLink to worst WP w/12+ K 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