Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the career of the incomparable Bryce Harper, more “Attaboy” blowback, the end of the Phillies-Braves NLDS, scoring and competitiveness in the postseason as a whole, a Phillies homer-prediction contest, the pitch clock in the postseason, the Championship Series matchups, their most desired World Series matchups, why we say “balls and strikes” instead of “strikes and balls,” and more. Then (1:16:44) The Ringer’s Zach Kram joins to Stat Blast about players who return from absences in October and how various rate stats differ between the regular season and postseason (plus an MLB/NBA playoff comp).Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to The Onion on Mr. Autumn ManLink to Verducci on Harper from 2009Link to double-blow-dryer clipLink to Harper on panderingLink to Phillies as himbosLink to 2014 Harper overratedLink to 2015 Harper overratedLink to 2019 Harper overratedLink to Jake’s articleLink to Rizzo commentsLink to Rizzo apologyLink to BBWAA statementLink to Jake’s threadLink to Bissinger/Leitch articleLink to Baumann on NLDS Game 4Link to Joe Sheehan on playoff scoringLink to Joe Posnanski on playoff scoringLink to Alex Eisert on playoff scoringLink to Defector on the BravesLink to Strider quoteLink to bullpen prediction gameLink to Dan S. on the ALCSLink to Schoenfield on the pitch clockLink to Petriello on the Phillies defenseLink to Kram on upsetsLink to article on balls/strikes in JapanLink to 1887 umpire indicatorLink to 1886 umpire indicatorLink to Ngram viewer resultsLink to paper on English binomialsLink to Topps NowLink to Stubbs in overallsLink to long-layoff-players sheetLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to Pinch Thomas SABR bioLink to FG regular-season statsLink to FG postseason statsLink to HR reliance studyLink to playoff randomness comparisonLink to another randomness comparison 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