Effectively Wild Episode 1584: The Immaculate Golden Sombrero

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about how Albert Pujols has remained an RBI man without being a good hitter and the historic slimness of Cleveland rookie pitcher Triston McKenzie, then answer a listener email about whether all innings would be better with the extra-innings automatic-runner rule, followed by Stat Blasts about what would happen if all GMs traded as much as the most frequent trader, the record for the most identical final scores on the same day, and hitters who’ve struck out four times on 12 pitches in the same game, plus another listener email about how much shorter the average game has been this season because of seven-inning games and fewer extra innings, and closing banter about the bottom of the ninth’s history. Audio intro: The Kinks, "Living on a Thin Line" Audio outro: The Baseball Project, "Golden Sombrero" Link to 2017 Pujols article Link to sheet of lowest and highest BMIs Link to scouts on McKenzie Link to video of McKenzie’s debut Link to story about McKenzie’s debut Link to Lucas on McKenzie’s stuff Link to Travis Sawchik on Cleveland’s pitcher development Link to Tyler Stafford’s Stat Blast Song cover Link to spreadsheet of days with most identical scores Link to most common baseball scores Link to three-pitch strikeouts spreadsheet Link to Grant Brisbee on Lawrie’s sombrero Link to Will Leitch on Lawrie’s sombrero Link to A Game of Inches Link to episode with discussion about Trout not flying Link to Baseball-Reference Game Changer  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