Effectively Wild Episode 1571: Does the Automatic-Runner Rule Rule?

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about family members not attending big league debuts and how teams and broadcasts could make better use of empty ballparks, audible profanity on the field, the rapid change in public opinion of the extra-innings automatic-runner rule, why the rule works as well as it does, the magnitude and causes […]

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0:00.0	is fun and how things go around but go around they do
0:12.1	this place is empty, empty so empty without you
0:22.9	this place is empty, empty, empty so empty without you
0:32.5	Hello and welcome to episode 1571 of Effectively Wild a baseball podcast
0:39.2	band graphs presented by our patreon supporters I am Ben Lemberg the
0:43.9	ringer joined by Sam Miller of ESPN, hello Sam hello we are planning to do an
0:49.3	email episode today so since we last spoke on Monday we've had what a few more
0:55.3	marlins test positive including Miguel Rojas we've had a Philly's coach and
0:59.4	club has attended test positive and Thursday's workout at Citizens Bank Park
1:03.9	get canceled MLB has required teams to travel with a COVID compliance officer
1:09.1	Nick Marquakis opted back into the season after having opted out Joe Kelly
1:14.7	through at and taunted the Astros and got suspended for eight games of a 60
1:19.4	game season and MLB and the players Association agreed to give
1:23.2	for admin for the power to suspend players for science dealing and also
1:26.9	BlueJay's top prospect Nate Pearson made his mid-july debut and touched
1:31.0	triple digits do you have thoughts on any of those things you know what I have
1:35.8	thoughts on Brady Singer who we talked about Brady Singer's parents being
1:40.9	in Cleveland to see him debut but not being able to go to the ballpark and and
1:44.8	how I thought anyway you remember that was just two days ago couple things about
1:49.4	that one is that my friend Dan pointed out that Sam Hilliard of the Colorado
1:55.1	Rockies parents were actually in attendance at some games in Texas his dad was
2:00.9	diagnosed with ALS and the Rangers came up with the plan or maybe the Rockies
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