Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a recent uptick in base stealing and why Mike Trout’s loyalty to the Angels is criticized more than it’s celebrated. Then (16:39) they’re joined by Patreon supporter Alex Levy to discuss Alex’s background as a podcast listener, baseball fan, and mail carrier and answer emails (43:49) about a Mario approach to chemistry in baseball, back-to-back homers, providing players with a destructible piece of equipment, probabilistic robo umps, umps as neutral (but not infallible) arbiters, and the correct pronunciation of “summer sausage.”Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Woodward on SBsLink to Jaffe on home runsLink to first SB conversationLink to Ben’s preseason predictionsLink to Rosenthal on TroutLink to Calcaterra on TroutLink to February EW on TroutLink to MLBTR on BuxtonLink to Mario baseball game 1Link to Mario baseball game 2Link to “back-to-back” definitionLink to Mackenzie tweetsLink to Zimmer’s websiteLink to Zimmer’s WSJ columnLink to compound stress ruleLink to Youglish clipsLink to compound stress PDF 1Link to compound stress PDF 2Link to Simpsons clipLink to listener emails databaseLink to ThistlLink to MLBTR on ArraezLink to MLBTR on RuizLink to ballpark meetup formsLink to meetup organizer form 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