Effectively Wild Episode 2185: Rise to the Challenge System
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 July 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the one (and only one) case where the zombie runner was warranted, why pitchers throw strikes to Aaron Judge (10:00), and MLB’s new Home Run Derby rules (21:11), then answer listener emails about how different baseball would be if runners didn’t have to tag up (34:49), the best arguments for full ABS over the challenge system (49:56), and what would happen if ejected players couldn’t be replaced (1:11:16), plus a few follow-ups (1:22:57).
Audio intro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Rockies-Sox game
Link to Doyle’s catch
Link to zone rate leaderboard
Link to Judge’s zone rates
Link to Petriello on Judge
Link to Judge’s 40-game streak
Link to Judge’s 50-game streak
Link to lineup-protection explainer
Link to new Derby rules
Link to Calcaterra on the HRD
Link to Levi on the HRD
Link to Judge’s Derby victory
Link to Strike Four
Link to Sheehan on ABS 1
Link to Sheehan on ABS 2
Link to strike zone changes
Link to Triple-A ABS change
Link to Ben on ABS
Link to Meg on the penalty box
Link to listener emails database
Link to John Poff’s fundraiser
Link to ballpark meetup forms
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Number one fangrass, baseball podcast, this stag-cast and stat blasts. |
| 0:09.4 | T-O-P-S-plus when its stats need contrast. |
| 0:14.0 | Zips and steam before the forecast. |
| 0:17.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 2185 of Effectively Wild, |
| 0:22.0 | a baseball podcast from fan graphs presented by our |
| 0:25.0 | Patreon supporters. I am Ben Lindbergh of the ringer joined by Meg Rowley of |
| 0:29.4 | Fan graphs. Hello Meg. Have you ever known me to say something positive about the zombie runner? |
| 0:36.0 | No. |
| 0:37.0 | Okay. |
| 0:38.0 | The next time I do will be the first time to your knowledge. |
| 0:41.0 | And also to mine. But I think I have something nice to say I've |
| 0:46.0 | never abided by the if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything I've |
| 0:50.1 | said plenty about yeah none of it has been nice but here's the one |
| 0:54.6 | compliment I will pay it this is a one-time only thing as far as I'm concerned. |
| 0:59.7 | On Sunday there was a White Sox Rockies game that went 14 innings and I think that was probably |
| 1:07.4 | long enough. |
| 1:08.4 | Yeah dude I agree. |
| 1:11.4 | I'm all for the long extra inning games, the marathons we used to have, they were fun, but in this case, I would say 14 innings, there might just be a mercy rule |
| 1:22.7 | when the White Sox and the Rockies |
| 1:24.3 | are both involved in the same game. |
| 1:26.6 | That seems like enough that I'm not mad about it ending |
| 1:29.8 | via zombie runner. |
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