Effectively Wild Episode 1284: The Ghosts of Game Seven
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2018
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Game 3 of the NLCS, the apparent breakouts of Orlando Arcia and Brock Holt, Josh Hader as Poochie, why Yasmani Grandal and other playoff catchers can’t catch, whether a “cruising” pitcher is actually likely to keep cruising, and the 15th anniversary of Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS. Then (26:12) they bring on former Red Sox senior baseball analyst and Diamond Mind developer Tom Tippett to talk about how he started working for Boston, simulating the 2003 ALDS for Theo Epstein, simulating ALCS Game 7 for NESN, why Grady Little’s decision not to pull Pedro Martinez may not have been quite as bad as it seemed, how Boston’s subsequent success affects our perception of Game 7, the value of managers, how teams prepare for the playoffs, whether working in baseball is satisfying forever, and more.
Audio intro: Fionna Apple, "A Mistake"
Audio interstitial: Vitamin C, "Unhappy Anniversary"
Audio outro: Uncle Tupelo, "Fifteen Keys"
Link to post about catchers not catching
Link to Russell’s research about cruising pitchers
Link to MGL’s research about cruising pitchers
Link to MGL’s research about quick hooks
Link to Pedro’s recent comments on Game 7
Link to Tom’s Game 7 simulation article
Link to full Game 7 telecast
Link to Ben’s Game 7 retrospective
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| 0:00.0 | And welcome to episode 12-84 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Vanguafs presented |
| 0:28.9 | by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:30.6 | I am Don Mimberg, up the ringer, joined by Jeff Solow and Captain Grafts. |
| 0:34.1 | Hello. |
| 0:34.8 | Orlando Arcia is one of the now three players in the history of the playoff baseball to hit |
| 0:40.5 | at least three home runs in the playoffs after having hit no more than three home runs |
| 0:46.3 | during the regular season. |
| 0:47.6 | He joins Roberto Perez from a couple of years ago when I believe it was Willie Randolph from |
| 0:53.2 | 1981. |
| 0:54.2 | I was reminded doing this cursory go nowhere research that maybe nothing is more amazing |
| 1:03.2 | than 2005 Scott Pasadnik because you might remember that Pasadnik hit two home runs during |
| 1:09.0 | the playoffs that year for the White Sox. |
| 1:11.6 | During the regular season he hit zero. |
| 1:13.8 | So that's more incredible than Orlando Arcia. |
| 1:17.4 | But here we are. |
| 1:18.8 | This podcast is going up presumably after two more playoff games have been played. |
| 1:23.4 | It's kind of annoying. |
| 1:24.4 | So maybe Yasmani Grand Ole is a hero by the time that you're listening to this even |
| 1:28.3 | though he's not starting game four. |
| 1:30.0 | But anyway, game three, Brewer's Dodgers, the Brewer's Be the Dodgers for nothing. |
| 1:34.8 | Orlando Arcia has been good. |
| 1:36.2 | Chris and Yellowchan Ryan Braun have been bad. |
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