Effectively Wild Episode 1600: Blown Calls
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2020
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller discuss the merits of stats about the success of teams that hit more home runs in the playoffs and then review the first several games of the division series, touching on the unparalleled power of Giancarlo Stanton, the Yankees’ piggyback pitcher decision, the Astros’ resurgence, the overtaxed Padres’ bullpen, the latest bad blood between the Braves and Ronald Acuña Jr., Clayton Kershaw’s 2020 renaissance, bad blown ball/strike calls, and more (plus a Stat Blast about the biggest mismatches in height between opposing starting pitchers).
Audio intro: Eleanor Friedberger, "My Mistakes"
Audio outro: Olivia Jean, "Mistakes"
Link to Lindsey Adler on the Yankees’ pitching plan
Link to Ben on second-guessing
Link to most lopsided starting pitcher heights
Link to Ben on Kershaw
Link to research on shadows
Link to FanGraphs playoff coverage
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| 0:00.0 | I'll keep telling you if it doesn't get better on it |
| 0:04.1 | A second time in line |
| 0:07.2 | I'll keep telling you if it doesn't get better on it |
| 0:11.4 | A second time in line |
| 0:13.8 | I thought I made the hot missed things |
| 0:17.0 | I thought you made the hot missed things |
| 0:20.8 | I thought you made me a crying face |
| 0:24.5 | I thought you made me into a world called a national |
| 0:29.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 16, 100 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:33.7 | a baseball podcast from Vangracks presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Van Lenberg of The Ringer joined by Sam Miller of ESPN Hello Sam |
| 0:42.6 | Hello, what do you make of the stat that's been going around that goes around to some extent every postseason |
| 0:48.6 | about the record of teams that out-homer other teams? |
| 0:52.1 | Because right now as we record on Wednesday morning |
| 0:55.2 | teams that have out-homer other teams are 16 and oh undefeated in these playoffs |
| 1:00.4 | and I have very mixed feelings about the stat |
| 1:03.9 | I did not find it to be very revealing which I guess is the point |
| 1:08.1 | but to me it's like almost self-evident |
| 1:11.7 | it's like almost titalogical like the team that hits more homers wins more games |
| 1:16.5 | Well of course because when you hit home runs you score runs |
| 1:19.6 | it's like one degree removed from the team that has outscored |
| 1:23.6 | the other team is undefeated in these playoffs |
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