Effectively Wild Episode 1615: Yesterday’s News

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Marcus Stroman accepting the qualifying offer and tweeting about Tony La Russa, what the AL Cy Young voting says about the Dodgers, and the singular greatness of the 2014-15 Royals, then answer listener emails about Noodles Hahn and how quickly former star players get forgotten, whether there should be three winners of each award in 2020, and proposed rules that could distinguish the AL from the NL in the post-pitcher hitting era (and whether it’s desirable to differentiate the leagues), plus a Stat Blast about a quirk in the MLB rulebook concerning rule 6.07 (the one about batting out of order). Audio intro: Sloan, "Marcus Said" Audio outro: John Lee Hooker, "I’m Leaving" Link to Stroman’s comments on La Russa Link to Sam’s ranking of NLCS team trades Link to FiveThirtyEight on the 2014-15 Royals Link to The Athletic article on the Hosmer play Link to video of Hosmer play Link to Ben on combining the Orioles and Royals Link to Bill Hands interview episode Link to Noodles Hahn book passage Link to story about Bellinger and Seinfeld Link to Conan O’Brien interview  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