Effectively Wild Episode 1847: We Want a Catcher, Not a Belly-Scratcher
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2022
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Josh Naylor’s record eight RBI after the eighth inning and the hot-hitting Guardians, José Ramírez taking a hometown discount to stay in Cleveland, Rangers manager Chris Woodward’s seemingly misinterpreted joke about Yankee Stadium, the perils of interpreting text-only quotes, Mets hitting coach Eric Chávez’s theory about MLB selectively juicing the ball, another way in which life is getting harder for hitters, Josh VanMeter’s nightmare inning as an emergency catcher for the Pirates, and Rays pitcher Calvin Faucher’s rude welcome in the majors, plus a Stat Blast (1:14:26) about Sean Hjelle, Tyler Rogers, and the greatest disparities in consecutive pitchers’ release points, a note about a Bill Veeck plan to sign a “giant” hitter, and a few followups.
Audio intro: The Pooh Sticks, “Jelly on a Plate”
Audio outro: The Mother Hips, “Emergency Exit”
Link to Naylor highlights video
Link to story on Ramírez’s contract
Link to Ben Clemens on Ramírez’s extension
Link to Dan Szymborski on the Albies extension
Link to Craig Edwards on the Albies extension
Link to Sheryl Ring on the Albies extension
Link to RosterResource payroll page
Link to video of Torres’s homer
Link to video of White’s homer
Link to video of Woodward’s comment
Link to Levi on Woodward’s comment
Link to video of Boone’s response
Link to Yankees’ 30/30 tweet
Link to @NoContextEWPod
Link to article about Chávez’s theory
Link to article about Alonso’s theory
Link to FanGraphs on the ball’s behavior
Link to article about VanMeter
Link to VanMeter interview
Link to Knapp ejection video
Link to Russell on emergency catchers
Link to Shelley Duncan interview
Link to Ben on second-guessing
Link to EW episode on Shamsky
Link to Michael Baumann on Shamsky
Link to Stathead query on Shamsky/Naylor
Link to Stathead
Link to info on Hjelle
Link to video of Hjelle’s debut
Link to Hjelle/Rogers release points
Link to Stat Blast release-point data
Link to release-point height leaderboard
Link to league-average release point height
Link to Bill Veeck “giant” idea
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All I know is what I know |
| 0:04.7 | And don't I know it was meant to be |
| 0:09.9 | So see me move like jelly on a plane |
| 0:15.0 | Like jelly on a plane when you're close to me |
| 0:20.7 | All I really want is to be with you |
| 0:35.7 | When you're yeah |
| 0:37.7 | Hello and welcome to episode 1847 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:42.7 | a baseball podcast from band graphs presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:46.7 | I'm Ben Benlin-Brickup the ringer joined by a microly of band graphs |
| 0:50.7 | Hello, how are you? |
| 0:52.7 | I'm well I want to run well first of all before I get down to business |
| 0:56.7 | How are you Ben? |
| 0:57.7 | Thank you for asking I am also doing well |
| 1:00.7 | Just to set everyone's mind to use what I've been doing |
| 1:03.7 | He's okay too |
| 1:04.7 | They're like oh that Ben we don't know how he is |
| 1:06.7 | Okay I have I want you to tell me if this is a fun fact |
| 1:10.7 | Okay |
| 1:11.7 | I want to be clear this is not being presented in a fun facty kind of way |
| 1:15.7 | But I think this might be a fun fact |
| 1:17.7 | So Ben are you familiar with the goings on in yesterday's Guardians White Sacks game? |
| 1:23.7 | Yes I am |
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