Effectively Wild Episode 1896: No Backsies

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s habitual misappraisal of checked swings and the potential for automated checked-swing calls, then discuss the potential unionization of the minor leagues via minor league players joining the MLBPA, Nationals rookie replacement Joey Meneses outplaying Juan Soto and Josh Bell since the trade deadline, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, […]

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0:00.0	Baby chick baby 1 2 3 that's all round me
0:07.8	Singing playing all the time
0:09.8	I look lucky me always bring a touch with reality
0:18.8	Oh, check old man, check old man, check all the cables in the chain
0:24.5	Baby chick baby 1 2 3 that's all round me
0:31.5	Hello and welcome to episode 1896 and effectively wild
0:36.5	A fangrass baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters
0:39.5	I'm Egg Rally, a fangrass and I'm joined as always by Ben Limberg of the ringer
0:42.5	Ben, how are you?
0:43.5	Well, I had a bit of an epiphany about myself as a baseball watcher
0:47.5	which is that unchecked swings on the wall
0:52.5	unchecked swings on first viewing
0:55.5	I never think the guy went around
0:57.5	Then I see the replay and I very often think the guy went around
1:02.5	But on first glance that first time I see it in real time
1:06.5	I never think so I'm like what?
1:08.5	Why even bother to check he barely offered at that thing
1:11.5	And then they show the side view and it's like oh wow he went around that far
1:15.5	I can't believe he went around that far
1:17.5	So I have sympathy for umpires I suppose but maybe it's just the view
1:22.5	Maybe it's just the perspective that the center field camera
1:25.5	Obviously you can't fully appreciate how far they went around
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