Effectively Wild Episode 1212: Three Radical Ideas

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh, Jeff Sullivan, and ESPN’s Sam Miller banter about James Paxton’s 16-strikeout start and the elusive 21-strikeout game, why no-hitters are becoming more common but are also endangered, how to familiarize oneself with newly minted major-league relievers, and Albert Pujols’s evaporating walk rate, then discuss Sam’s radical proposals to change baseball’s playoff format, playoff […]

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0:00.0	The episode you're about to hear originally ended with me excitedly saying something about
0:04.3	Shoheotani facing Etro Suzuki this weekend.
0:07.5	Unfortunately, we won't get to see that because Etro on Thursday transitioned from 4th
0:12.3	outfielder to a special assistant to the GM, so he has done as a player for 2018, likely
0:17.7	done as a major league player period, although he is not officially said so.
0:21.4	Etro was a special player, remains a special person.
0:24.5	The news broke after we recorded this episode, so we didn't get to talk about that, but
0:28.2	we've talked about him recently, and we will talk about him soon.
0:31.0	Etro, of course, once famously said that when the day finally comes to retire, quote,
0:35.3	I think I'll just die.
0:36.6	Really hope that's not the case.
0:38.0	I hope that Etro is with us for many years to come, and he is not officially retired,
0:42.4	so if not retiring is what it takes to keep Etro around, I hope he never retires.
0:46.4	And with that, on with the episode.
0:58.2	Hello and welcome to episode 1212 of Effectively Wild a baseball podcast from Fangras presented
1:21.5	by our Patreon supporters.
1:23.1	I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Jeff Sullivan of Fangras, and also joined by
1:28.5	friend and co-host emeritus and ESPN writer, similar.
1:32.7	Hello.
1:33.7	Hello.
1:34.7	How are you?
1:35.7	How are Jeff?
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