Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the career and competitive implications of Ronald Acuña Jr.’s latest season-ending injury, the retirement of infamous ump Angel Hernandez, the aesthetics of umps issuing warnings, the Brewers’ success sans Craig Counsell and David Stearns, a new unwritten rule against any(?) bunting, White Sox players vs. White Sox skipper Pedro Grifol, Tim Anderson’s offense, Aaron Judge’s defense, and team meetings prior to Patrick Corbin starts. Then (1:02:12) they talk to official MLB historian John Thorn and Negro Leagues researcher Larry Lester about MLB adding Negro Leagues stats to its official major league historical record, pensions for surviving Negro Leagues players, the East-West Classic, and more, plus a few follow-ups (1:43:07).Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio interstitial: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to FG on AcuñaLink to Dan S. on AtlantaLink to EW on modeling depthLink to Acuña injury videoLink to MLB.com on Acuña injuryLink to MLB.com on ATL returnsLink to MLBTR on ATL OF helpLink to The Athletic on HernandezLink to USA Today on HernandezLink to Athletic Hernandez profileLink to BP on HernandezLink to ump pointing pre-PCA HRLink to Counsell boosLink to BP on Counsell homecomingLink to Lindor chants tweetLink to Lindor boos tweetLink to more LindorLink to Smith Berry beefLink to bunting Stat BlastLink to Sam on unwritten rulesLink to FG on the GuardiansLink to BaseRuns standingsLink to Grifol storyLink to Anderson errors videoLink to Anderson errors storyLink to BP on JudgeLink to Judge barrelsLink to Judge’s 20 gamesLink to Janes tweetLink to 2023 meeting storyLink to Sam on CorbinLink to MLBTR on RoblesLink to MLB news storyLink to Negro Leagues hubLink to hitting leaderboardsLink to pitching leaderboardsLink to John’s websiteLink to Larry’s websiteLink to AP on stat integrationLink to Seamheads databaseLink to Retrosheet dataLink to Athletic stats storyLink to MLB.com stats storyLink to pensions storyLink to East-West storyLink to MLB at Rickwood FieldLink to Ben’s 2020 report 1Link to Ben’s 2020 report 2Link to shift violationLink to shift violation ruleLink to Cueto Windbigler videoLink to Cueto Windbigler storyLink to Moon Hound on BandcampLink 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