Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the appeal of deflected balls caught on the fly, the lack of variety in MLB.TV highlights, Aaron Judge’s bases-empty intentional walks, the Braves falling out of playoff position (for now), and the surprising team with a trio of young, above-average, qualified hitters. Then (40:44) they rank the types of baseball versatility and Stat Blast (56:18) about the decline of switch-hitting, Maury Wills and switch-hitter slumps, how often managers are fired following a loss, and whether intra-division trades are getting more common.Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Rockies-Mets playLink to Bogaerts/Kelly playLink to Stark on JudgeLink to Tango on JudgeLink to Jaffe on the BravesLink to Ben C. on depthLink to Ben C. on depth 2Link to Ben C. on depth on EWLink to preseason playoff oddsLink to BP IL LedgerLink to young hitters queryLink to query without minimumsLink to Ben on Twins.comLink to Twins.com sale newsLink to Venditte rule articleLink to Mike Temple Stat Blast coverLink to Athletic SH articleLink to Fox Sports SH articleLink to WSJ SH articleLink to LAT SH articleLink to youth sports specializationLink to switch-hitting dataLink to SH graph 1Link to SH graph 2Link to Ben on bad switch-hittersLink to FG on bad switch-hittersLink to Mullins article 1Link to Mullins article 2Link to Mullins article 3Link to Victorino article 1Link to Victorino article 2Link to Victorino article 3Link to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to Steiner/Wills clipLink to Wills SH OPS graphLink to switch-hitter correlationsLink to stat stabilization pointsLink to Dr. Dog albumLink to Ferguson SABR bioLink to Ferguson wikiLink to “Death to Flying Things”Link to “Death to Flying Things” 2Link to SH origin story 1Link to SH origin story 2Link to previous SH Stat BlastLink to 2024 switch-hittersLink to Twins Daily on SHLink to Crashfish Boxes on SHLink to 1985 LAT article on SHLink to Year of the Balk articleLink to Berkman/Jones SH quotesLink to MLB Showalter adLink to Ben on caliber of playLink to managerial firings dataLink to manager data by decadeLink to managers fired after WsLink to trades dataLink to interleague trades dataLink to interleague trading historyLink to trades graph 1Link to trades graph 2Link to Betances injury articleLink 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