Effectively Wild Episode 1547: The Hitless King

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about MLB’s ongoing labor negotiations, the team-to-team differences in minor-league pay and front-office furloughs, and the perils of believing that baseball is purely for profit, follow up on the previous episode’s discussions of Carney Lansford’s claim to be a descendant of Sir Francis Drake and a forward-thinking 1989 Cy Young voter, and answer listener emails about bringing hockey’s three stars system to baseball and redoing the 2012 AL MVP vote with a 2020 awareness of WAR, plus Stat Blasts about an offensively futile game and the most hitless PA any batter has ever had against a single pitcher (featuring former major leaguer and Cardinals farm director Mike Jorgensen on his historic struggles against Dock Ellis, the first time he saw Albert Pujols, and how he helped avert a disastrous Pujols trade). Audio intro: Townes Van Zandt, "No Deal" Audio outro: Jerry Lee Lewis, "Thirty-Nine and Holding" Link to Forst’s letter to minor leaguers Link to unemployment info for minor leaguers Link to latest Passan report on MLB labor issues Link to info on the three stars in hockey Link to info on FanGraphs’ stars of the game Link to Mack Longpré and Sophie Welsman’s Stat Blast song cover Link to Mack Longpré’s website Link to 1987 bad sequencing game Link to Good Night, Giants Link to batter vs. pitcher hitless streaks data Link to batter vs. pitcher on-base-less streaks data Link to article on Bagwell vs. Sullivan Link to article on facing Jeter Link to Goold on a possible Pujols trade 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