Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’s (finally) leagues-leading jersey sales, Mets grounds crew shenanigans, and shrinking minor leaguers, then (28:18) answer listener emails about restructured pitching staffs on which everyone would throw 3-to-4 innings at a time, a speed limit for pitches, displaying error bars for WAR, allowing outfielders only a certain number of catches per game (plus info on secret natural lefties), and a pitcher who reliably gets stronger as the game goes on, followed (1:20:03) by a guest Stat Blast on the not-nice improbability of the Twins’ playoff losing streak by Chris Hanel, maker of the new YouTube documentary “The Minnesota Twins and the Cruelest Streak in Sports.” Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to 2023 jersey-sales rankingLink to 2021 jersey-sales rankingLink to 2018 jersey-sales rankingLink to grounds crew storyLink to Schumaker videoLink to Longenhagen on heightsLink to shrunk/shrank pedantry threadLink to Laurila on the RaysLink to Petriello on the RaysLink to restrictor plate articleLink to Ben on smaller pitching staffsLink to EW Episode 449Link to BP DRC+ SDsLink to info on natural leftiesLink to baseball bounce catchesLink to EW emails databaseLink to Topps Now cardsLink to Twins Topps Now archiveLink to EW guests archiveLink to Chris on score bugsLink to Twins playoff resultsLink to Chris’s Twins docLink to Chris’s Twins blog post 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