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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 882: Scherzer’s Dominance, Described and Dissected

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Baseball, Sports

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Sam talk to FanGraphs writer August Fagerstrom about the mechanics and significance of Max Scherzer’s 20-strikeout start.

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Where's your call to me up until I'm full?

0:02.5

So come on over here, I'm on the road.

0:05.0

I said baby I'm about to sweep, but I'm in better with a egg and feet.

0:09.5

This went on before a couple of days, but it couldn't stay away.

0:13.5

So I walked back, walked through by gold, by six, except for eight by more.

0:18.5

Upon the whip I'm starting to drag, 15 to four, I'm a rid of the sight.

0:23.0

Get to the top, find the fight right.

0:26.0

Hello and welcome to episode 882 of Effectively Wild, the daily podcast from baseball

0:32.0

perspectives presented by our Patreon supporters and playindex at baseballreference.com.

0:37.0

I am Ben Lindbergh of 538, joined by Sam Miller, a baseball perspective solo Sam.

0:42.0

Howdy.

0:43.0

So last night I was signing books and dazzling DC audiences, and while I was doing that,

0:49.0

Mac Shuser was having a pretty good night, I guess, also.

0:52.0

And I sort of was surprised that anyone showed up to my book event because it seemed like a pretty big draw.

0:58.0

It was Bryce Harper MVP Bobblehead Knight, and it was Shuser versus Zimmerman,

1:03.0

and it was Miguel Cabrera's return to third base, and all of those things seemed like better attractions than me talking to people throughout a while.

1:11.0

And so the first thing I said when I got on stage was sorry that you guys couldn't get net tickets,

1:16.0

but I didn't even realize at the time how much they would come to regret that decision,

1:21.0

because Mac Shuser threw a 20 strike out game and was wonderful and overpowering,

1:27.0

and from what I hear, fun to watch, but I didn't get to watch any of it.

1:30.0

I didn't even get to follow any of it in real time.

1:33.0

And so we wanted to talk to someone who has written about that start twice already since it happened,

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