Effectively Wild Episode 1516: The Odds of an Odd Season

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller follow up on a previous discussion of advance scouting’s contribution to Kirk Gibson’s legendary 1988 home run and banter about the strangeness of not having a date for Opening Day, then answer listener emails about how to get into baseball for the first time, how a shortened season could affect future perceptions of players’ careers, whether a shortened season would create more uncertainty in the standings (and whom it would help), whether baseball would be better if the top of the order led off every inning, and the Angels’ ownage of Yusei Kikuchi, plus a Stat Blast about the history of same-named teammates. Audio intro: Field Music, "Shorter Shorter" Audio outro: Elliott Smith, "A Distorted Reality is Now a Necessity to Be Free" Link to Leonard Koppett book Link to Craig Edwards on a shortened 2019 season Link to Dan Szymborski on shortened-season playoff odds Link to Ben on pitcher hitting Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source