Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about ALCS and NLCS action, the definition of an “unanswered run,” and a forthcoming documentary about Shohei Ohtani, then (51:16) answer listener emails about a playoff hot-hand theory, how bad an underdog would have to be for a postseason upset to shock them, and a pitcher with two right hands, plus a Stat Blast (1:20:57) about the least and most exciting postseasons ever and a follow-up (1:38:42) about Friday’s games.Audio intro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to FG post on NLCS Game 3Link to FG post on ALCS Game 4Link to John Middleton videoLink to Carleton on pulling pitchersLink to LIDOM previewLink to Ohtani documentary newsLink to Rob Mains on playoff upsetsLink to Dan S. on playoff successLink to AI image of handsLink to EW listener emails databaseLink to Topps NowLink to WPA/cWPA dataLink to Kenny Jackelen’s TwitterLink to series-length dataLink to Michael Mountain’s TwitterLink to lead-change dataLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to FG post on ALCS Game 5Link to FG post on NLCS Game 4 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