Effectively Wild Episode 1587: The Live-Ball Era

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley follow up on an earlier Clayton Kershaw commercial conversation and banter about Tom Seaver and the benefits of being a late bloomer, then answer listener emails about catchers sharing secrets about their old teams, the value of game-calling, Manny Ramirez signing with the Sydney Blue Sox and the experience of watching old players in lower-level leagues, how stadiums designed for games without fans would be different, whether a pitcher could tattoo his hand to look like a baseball, whether a person from the past could infer the occurrence of a pandemic from MLB’s schedule alone, and what would happen if it were revealed that baseballs are alive, plus Stat Blasts about teams with the most one-run games and batters who always hit in the same spot in the lineup. Audio intro: Jenny Lewis, "Late Bloomer" Audio outro: Superchunk, "What a Time to Be Alive" Link to Kershaw commercial Link to Benetti and Stone clip Link to Seaver newsletter Link to Pages from Baseball’s Past Link to Ben on catcher intangibles Link to Ben on Yadi’s game-calling Link to Harry Pavlidis on game-calling Link to interview episode with Harry Link to article on Mathis’s game-calling Link to Dan Szymborski on the decline of Pujols Link to story on MLB Network “speed cam” Link to story about Mariners broadcast innovations Link to story about Clevinger’s tattoos Link to Sean Rudman’s Stat Blast Song cover Link to teams with the most one-run games Link to spreadsheet on batting in the same spot in the order Link to Rob Arthur on the baseball’s inconsistency Link to Star Trek episode of The Ringer MLB Show Link to Russell Carleton’s update on the shift  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