Effectively Wild Episode 1404: Do the Hustle
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2019
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and professional player (and former Sonoma Stompers coach, catcher, and first baseman) Tommy Lyons discuss the different types of hustle in baseball, deciding what level of hustle is acceptable in a variety of situations and examining how the fan perspective on hustle differs from the player perspective on hustle, plus a postscript (1:14:40) on two Atlantic League plays, the Angels’ combined no-hitter in tribute to Tyler Skaggs, and Bob Gibson’s health.
Audio intro: The Dead Weather, "Hustle and Cuss"
Audio outro: Shinedown, "45 (Acoustic)"
Link to EW Facebook group’s hustle-play suggestions
Link to Ben on hustling to first base
Link to Sport Science segment on diving into first base
Link to THT on diving into first base
Link to FanGraphs on diving into first base
Link to Russell Carleton on trying too hard
Link to video of Upton/Longoria lollygagging argument
Link to video of Atlantic League sprint to first
Link to video of Atlantic League ejection
Link to video of Angels no-hitter
Link to Fabian Ardaya’s story on the Angels’ combined no-hitter
Link to Roger Angell’s Gibson story
Link to order The MVP Machine
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:25.0 | Good morning! |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to episode 1400 and 4, effectively wild. |
| 0:31.0 | The baseball podcast from Fangrass brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Sam Miller of ESPN, along with Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello Ben. |
| 0:40.0 | Hello. |
| 0:41.0 | And we have another guest today. |
| 0:42.0 | He's going to be serving as something of a adjudicator, a judge, an expert witness. |
| 0:48.0 | Not witness. |
| 0:49.0 | He's an expert. |
| 0:50.0 | His name is Tommy Lyons. |
| 0:51.0 | He is a former member of the Sonoma Stompers. |
| 0:54.0 | He is maybe the last professional baseball player to hit 400 in a season, |
| 0:59.0 | which he did in Australia a couple of years ago, two years ago, I believe. |
| 1:02.0 | Tommy, how are you? |
| 1:03.0 | I'm doing really well. |
| 1:04.0 | Thanks for having me, guys. |
| 1:05.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:06.0 | What is it like to hit 400, Tommy? |
| 1:08.0 | What's it like? |
| 1:09.0 | What does it feel like? |
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