Effectively Wild Episode 1361: A Generous Tip
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2019
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Willians Astudillo’s first strikeout of the season (and whether strike three should have been a foul ball), then answer listener emails about Alex Verdugo and whether it’s better to play full-time in Triple-A or part-time in the majors, what baseball would be like if players had a finite number of career or seasonal plate appearances, Ichiro Suzuki with different hitting mechanics, the optimal way to distribute WAR across a roster, and whether pitchers have uneven arms, plus a Stat Blast about an ill-advised managerial move with the bases loaded.
Audio intro: The Impressions, "You Must Believe Me"
Audio outro: The Nields, "I Still Believe in My Friends"
Link to video of Astudillo strikeout
Link to poll about Astudillo strikeout
Link to Ben on Ichiro hitting homers
Link to Russell on neurological development
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| 0:00.0 | And you must believe me, no matter what the people might say, you must believe me. |
| 0:12.6 | Darling, it just didn't happen that way. |
| 0:17.0 | No, no, it just didn't happen that way. |
| 0:21.0 | And welcome to episode 1361 of Effectively Wild A Space Bob Podcast from fan graphs |
| 0:27.6 | presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:29.8 | I am the member of the Ringer joined by Sam Miller of ESPN Hello Sam. |
| 0:34.3 | Hello, man. |
| 0:35.2 | Doing an email show, one thing I wanted to talk about before we get to that, I was watching |
| 0:39.9 | video of Williams Estadios first strike out of the season, which came on Tuesday, not |
| 0:45.5 | against Jacob DeGram, but against Luis Savodon. |
| 0:49.4 | And Estadios thought he tipped it, clearly, he turned around after he swung and missed. |
| 0:55.3 | It was not a good swing, he should not have been swinging, it was 02. |
| 0:59.1 | I'm surprised that he did swing at it, but he was surprised to be called out. |
| 1:03.9 | He kind of turned around and just acted as if he had made some slight contact. |
| 1:09.4 | It was in the dirt and not caught cleanly. |
| 1:12.0 | And the empire signaled that he was out and that was the end of it. |
| 1:15.2 | He didn't fight about it. |
| 1:16.4 | He just turned around and trudged back to the duck out. |
| 1:18.8 | But if you were an empire and Williams Estadio told you he tipped it, what would |
| 1:25.2 | your confidence level be that he did not tip it, given that it's got to be a tough |
| 1:30.4 | call to make in the first place. |
| 1:32.4 | And Williams Estadio seems like more of an authority on contact and all things contacted |
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