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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 432: The Weekend of Unwritten Rules

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Baseball, Sports

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2014

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Dan discuss the weekend’s news and transactions, including a trio of unwritten rules violations.

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Yeah, I need it to see a red invitation place.

0:09.0

Yeah, I need it to see a red invitation.

0:20.0

Good morning and welcome to episode 432 of Effectively Wild,

0:25.0

Daily Podcasts from Baseball Perspectives, presented by the baseballreference.com play index.

0:30.0

I am Ben Lindbergh, similar still on vacation back this week, but not yet.

0:36.0

So I am joined as I was last week by Dan Brooks of BrooksBaseball.net and baseball

0:42.0

Perspectives.

0:43.0

Hello, Dan.

0:44.0

You think, oh god, I just called you Sam.

0:46.0

What is wrong with me?

0:47.0

Hey, Ben, what's going on?

0:48.0

Good to see you.

0:49.0

Good job.

0:53.0

By the way, if anyone missed Friday's episode because it wasn't up in time for your commute,

0:58.0

like the podcast normally is, you should check that out.

1:01.0

It was a fun one and an educational one, I think for me at least.

1:05.0

I talked about the rising strikeout rate in baseball with a bunch of people more guest

1:10.0

than we've ever had on the show at one time.

1:12.0

Very Pavletus and Rob Nyer and Brian Bannister and Alan Nathan.

1:17.0

We discussed and debated why strikeouts are up so much and what should be done about it.

1:23.0

So that was fun.

1:24.0

Check it out if you haven't.

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