Effectively Wild Episode 1712: The 21-Strikeout Salute
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the brief big league stay of knuckleballer Mickey Jannis, Joey Votto’s predictions, decline, and reminders of mortality, Greg Maddux forecasting foul balls, and the states of the Cubs and Dodgers post-combined no-hitter. Then they answer listener emails about whether MLB regrets making Statcast data publicly available in the wake of scandals about the ball and foreign substances, why coaches don’t visit hitters mid-inning the way they visit pitchers, why WAR isn’t tailored to individual teams, and how much worse rooting for a terrible team is than rooting for one that’s merely bad, with closing banter about Aaron Nola tying the consecutive-strikeout record and the potential for a seven-inning game to thwart a pitcher’s attempt to record a 21-strikeout outing.
Audio intro: Tokyo Police Club, "Can’t Stay Here"
Audio outro: Isotopes, "Rule 21"
Link to Ben on Jannis and the knuckleball
Link to Votto article
Link to Maddux article
Link to story about Nola
Link to Sam on 21-strikeout games
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know how to grow up |
| 0:05.5 | And I don't know how to stay young |
| 0:10.0 | I just know |
| 0:14.0 | That I can't stay here |
| 0:22.0 | Cause I've been walking from a dream |
| 0:25.0 | I'm never going back to sleep |
| 0:31.0 | Cause I know |
| 0:35.0 | That I can't stay here |
| 0:38.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1712 |
| 0:41.0 | Effectively wild and baseball hot cast |
| 0:43.0 | And band graphs presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:47.0 | I am that member of the ringer |
| 0:48.0 | joined by Meg Rally of band graphs |
| 0:51.0 | Hello, Nick |
| 0:52.0 | Hello |
| 0:53.0 | And Mickey Janus |
| 0:54.0 | I hardly knew you |
| 0:56.0 | I wish I could say he had a good run |
| 0:59.0 | And it was a good run relative to most 44th round picks |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah |
| 1:03.0 | Or even 44th round picks anymore |
| 1:05.0 | There will never be 44th round picks again |
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