Effectively Wild Episode 1382: Pitchus Interruptus
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2019
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about a small way in which Willians Astudillo made the world better, baseball as a conversational icebreaker, Cody Bellinger’s incredible WAR pace, whether Bellinger is overshadowing the rest of the Dodgers (and Clay Bellinger), and a few of 2019’s other breakout batters, present a Stat Blast about Statcast no-hitters (and Statcast hitting streaks), then answer listener emails about whether playoff odds are fair to teams that appear out of the race and why we don’t see more pitchers pulled in the middle of plate appearances.
Audio intro: The Flying Burrito Brothers, "Cody, Cody"
Audio outro: Stephen Malkmus, "The Hook"
Link to Petriello on Bellinger’s possibly best-ever season
Link to Sam on Bellinger’s possibly best-ever season
Link to Sam on Statcast no-hitters
Link to MLB.com on Statcast hitting streaks
Link to Sam on alternate timelines
Link to Sam on season simulations
Link to Sam on season simulations again
Link to Sam on out-of-contention teams
Link to Nate on FiveThirtyEight forecast calibration
Link to FiveThirtyEight forecast calibration interactive tool
Link to Ben on matchup decisions
Link to article about Girardi pitching change
Link to 2015 podcast conversation about Girardi pitching change
Link to Foley’s book-signing event
Link to preorder The MVP Machine
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Code, echo, I hear you say I hear your voice calling me away |
| 0:18.0 | I'm not afraid to think of what I might find |
| 0:26.0 | And I will be yours for you to mine |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1382 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:35.0 | a baseball podcast from Van Gras presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:39.0 | I am Ben Limpurck of the Ringer and I am joined by Sam Miller of ESPN Hello Sam |
| 0:44.0 | I was, I had the wrong headphones in my ears |
| 0:47.0 | I didn't know we were recording until I heard your voice |
| 0:50.0 | for about eight feet away |
| 0:53.0 | Hi Ben |
| 0:54.0 | Hi, you haven't had to say anything yet |
| 0:56.0 | this is the first thing you've had to say |
| 0:58.0 | So that worked out well |
| 1:00.0 | How's your bug bombed apartment doing? |
| 1:02.0 | It's uh, this is so far so good |
| 1:06.0 | I don't know if we, I hate bug bombing |
| 1:08.0 | I hate bug bombing |
| 1:09.0 | It feels like there's poison on everything for the next few days |
| 1:12.0 | Plus you like killing them with your bare hands |
| 1:14.0 | Yeah |
| 1:18.0 | What bug problem did you have? |
| 1:20.0 | Probably flees |
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