Effectively Wild Episode 1666: The Number of the Banana

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the new baseball format embraced by the Savannah Bananas, the experimental rules MLB is imposing at various levels of the minor leagues in 2021, and whether they would want to live in a ballpark (like a man who claims to have lived for three years in Veterans Stadium), then answer listener emails about whether this season’s spring training stats are more or less meaningless than usual, the ideal photo to represent baseball on the sport’s Wikipedia page, the definition of pitchability, whether the public’s perception of player mega-contracts has changed, whether this is the “tanking era” or the “superteam era,” and whether tanking is as bad as it’s cracked up to be, plus a Stat Blast about teams that scored the highest percentage of their total runs in one game. Audio intro: Louis Prima, "Yes, We Have No Bananas" Audio outro: Iron Maiden, "The Number of the Beast" Link to story about the Bananas Link to video about the Bananas Link to MiLB rules changes announcement Link to Jayson Stark on the new rules Link to story about living in Veterans Stadium Link to The Secret Apartment Link to Dan Rosenheck on spring training stats Link to Dan’s presentation on spring training stats Link to Heyward photo from Wikipedia Link to Alex Chamberlain on Hendricks Link to A-Rod contract facts Link to Zach Kram on the superteam era Link to Ben on competitive balance and tanking Link to Craig Edwards on competitive balance and tanking Link to Craig on the 2019 competitive balance problem Link to Stat Blast data  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