Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s daughter coining a baseball term, how the on-screen strike-zone plot (slightly) delays the rest of the broadcast, Jose Miranda and the surprising 12-consecutive-hits club, David Robertson’s elite relief career, whether Shohei Ohtani should stop pitching, an attempt to quantify players’ smiles, how this season stacks up in terms of total team days at .500, and the latest player to break a bone punching a wall, followed (1:31:24) by Ben and Jessie Barbour performing the song, “Will the Bird Bones Be Unbroken?”Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to DeMarsico episodeLink to DeMarsico episode wikiLink to pickoff attempt 1Link to pickoff attempt 2Link to Miranda hitLink to MLB.com on MirandaLink to Episode 1964 wikiLink to Dropo SABR bioLink to Higgins SABR bioLink to SABR on Higgins streakLink to streaks wikiLink to Twins Miranda tweetLink to FG Plus statsLink to Robertson ERA+Link to reliever FIP-Link to Lindsey on OhtaniLink to Betteridge’s LawLink to smiles studyLink to SMILE+ leaderboardLink to facial-recognition biasLink to .500 percentage graphLink to story about BrewerLink to Brewer photoLink to list of fracturesLink to Ben and Jessie’s songLink to song lyricsLink to original song wikiLink to Carter Family variantLink 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