Effectively Wild Episode 1909: The Podcasts Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2022
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the inadequacies of dental insurance and Ben’s rewarding trip to Citi Field, a Marlins marketing strategy, Richard Bleier’s balk debacle, pitchers getting the memo about throwing strikes to Aaron Judge and Judge’s difference-making performance even when he doesn’t homer, preliminary Stat Blasts (41:33) about the most consecutive secondary pitches thrown to a batter in a game and the redundancy of RBI as a Triple Crown stat, finding things to savor in the regular season even with a shortage of standings suspense, more Stat Blasts (59:33) about the Braves’ extreme day/night split revisited, Fibonacci Sequence scoring, getting replaced before a second PA in both ends of a doubleheader, combined/relay cycles, Albert Pujols and homering on the most dates during the regular season, and games getting away from cruising pitchers, plus a Past Blast from 1909 (1:33:56) and a real-time reaction to Judge’s 61st (1:38:40).
Audio intro: Ezra Furman, “My Teeth Hurt”
Audio outro: Son Volt, “Afterglow 61”
Link to Marlins marketing tweet
Link to Dan S. on Meneses
Link to Bleier balks story
Link to Bois’s balk rules
Link to Sam Miller on balks
Link to Rob Mains on the Year of the Balk
Link to first episode about Judge/strikes
Link to consecutive secondaries sheet
Link to FG Junis post
Link to article on HR/SB leaders
Link to FG standings suspense post
Link to Stathead
Link to Stathead webinar
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to Atlanta day/night data
Link to Fibonacci Sequence explainer
Link to Fibonacci games
Link to doubleheader replacement data
Link to post on relay/combined cycles
Link to relay/combined cycles sheet
Link to Seinfeld reference clip
Link to info on ex-cruising pitchers
Link to Russell on replacing pitchers
Link to EW emails database
Link to 1909 story source
Link to Tim Murnane SABR bio
Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website
Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter
Link to video of Judge’s homer
Link to Lindsey on relievers catching HR
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I turn the amp up high and my incisors start to scream |
| 0:05.0 | The triples like a root can now the bass is all a surgery |
| 0:10.0 | Turn the music louder as it tests my endurance |
| 0:15.0 | I don't believe it now overcame life, dead intelligence |
| 0:20.0 | My teeth are washed and that I'm care |
| 0:25.0 | The ac inside reminds my mind, my body is really dead |
| 0:30.0 | That's why my teeth are covered |
| 0:34.0 | But I'm complaining, we're flesh and blood |
| 0:37.0 | Let's you down, you learn to lead into the pain |
| 0:41.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 19-09 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:45.0 | A fancraft space ball from a cross-front tea buyer |
| 0:47.0 | Pics fans, supporters, I'm a rally at Van Vassen |
| 0:50.0 | I am joined as always by Ben Lindberg of the Ringer |
| 0:52.0 | Ben, how are you? |
| 0:54.0 | Do it okay, how are you? |
| 0:56.0 | Dental insurance is a scam, Ben |
| 0:59.0 | Explain yourself |
| 1:01.0 | Well, okay, so the broader question to ask in all of this is like why are the bones and squishy parts of the inside of my mouth covered by different insurance than all the other bones and squishy parts in the rest of my body? |
| 1:16.0 | So that's the first question, why must we do these two separate things? |
| 1:20.0 | When we just do one comprehensive thing that is like hey, you know how you have a human face with squishy parts and also bones? |
| 1:27.0 | Seems like we should make sure that those all do what they need to |
| 1:30.0 | And then, and then it doesn't cover anything |
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