Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuña Jr., and quantifying power/speed excellence and the White Sox somehow playing way worse under Grady Sizemore, follow up on hippos, A-Rod’s relationships, double plates/bases, 40-something hitters, player predictions, and one-pitch first strikeouts, and react to a new kind of bases-loaded walk and private equity’s incursion into youth sports. Then (52:12) they talk to Matthew DeSantis and Ramon Riesgo of the Bhutan Baseball & Softball Association about the origins, development, and future of baseball in Bhutan and the Hudson Valley Renegades’ recent Bhutan Night.Audio intro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio interstitial: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to power-speed number wikiLink to EW Episode 2057Link to MUTO wikiLink to Cranston promo 1Link to Cranston promo 2Link to article on Angels and OhtaniLink to Ohtani/Dekopin first pitchLink to on-pace projectionsLink to FG playoff oddsLink to Grant’s White Sox tweetLink to hippo etymologyLink to quotes about A-RodLink to PA by 40+ hittersLink to Chourio videoLink to Adames videoLink to Adames articleLink to Seitzer game accountLink to Seitzer game at RetrosheetLink to Seitzer game at B-RefLink to MiLB IBB gameLink to IBB listLink to Seager IBB detailsLink to Bloomberg on youth sportsLink to EW Episode 2168Link to Drellich on MiLB PELink to EW Episode 1860Link to Renegades wikiLink to 2023 MLB.com Bhutan storyLink to 2024 MLB.com Bhutan storyLink to Bhutan Baseball websiteLink to Bhutan Night videoLink to more Bhutan Night videoLink to Yankee Stadium videoLink to Bhutan wikiLink to country elevationsLink to Buddha statue wikiLink to Baseball5 wikiLink to Darwin’s finches wikiLink to Angels Ohtani graphicLink to Sox losing streak tweetLink to Swanson quoteLink 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