Effectively Wild Episode 938: Emails, Mejia, and Math

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Baseball, Sports

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Ben and Sam banter about the longest-lasting plays in baseball, then answer listener emails about the Braves with a man advantage, Francisco Mejia’s hitting streak, dealing with Fenway Park poles, new unwritten rules, and more.

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0:00.0	We gotta try to do
0:06.0	We gotta keep you rocking
0:10.0	We can't go so from the blue
0:14.0	Well, we work all day
0:18.0	We can't go night
0:22.0	We gotta keep your dancing
0:26.0	We gotta make your feel all the night
0:30.0	We gotta keep you working
0:34.0	We gotta keep you working
0:36.0	Hello and welcome to episode 938 of Effectively Wild
0:40.0	The Daily Podcast from Baseball Perspectus
0:42.0	presented by our supporters on Patreon and the play index at baseballreference.com
0:46.0	I am Ben Lemberg of The Ringer
0:50.0	joined by Sam Miller, baseball prospectus who has a quick PSA
0:54.0	I could use everybody's help or attention
0:58.0	A little bit, I have spent searching for the longest play in baseball
1:02.0	There was a play last year that stuck out to me because it took 21 seconds from start to finish
1:08.0	Which is an extremely long time for a baseball to stay live
1:12.0	Because it only takes 15 seconds to circle the bases at full speed
1:16.0	And so I wondered if 21 seconds was long
1:20.0	I got some suggestions for other plays and have now bumped the record up to a 25 second play
1:28.0	From the moment the pitch reaches home plate until the last batter either scores stops or is tagged out
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