Effectively Wild Episode 1680: Díganos de Dihigo

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Joe Musgrove‘s no-hitter and the significance of Musgrove snapping the Padres’ no-no-no streak, Tim Locastro breaking Tim Raines’s record for the most consecutive successful steal attempts to start a career, Ronald Acuña Jr. beating out a routine grounder and MLB’s “FieldVision” depiction of the play, the controversial call on (and replay review of) an Alec Bohm slide that ended the Philly-Atlanta Sunday Night Baseball game, Masters winner Hideki Matsuyama’s baseball heroes, and the two-way, all-around greatness of Negro Leagues great and five-time Hall of Famer Martín Dihigo. Then (47:56) Ben talks to Dihigo’s youngest son and biographer, Gilberto Dihigo, along with University of Illinois history professor (and Negro Leagues and U.S. Latino history scholar) Adrian Burgos Jr., about Dihigo’s legendary life and career, how he achieved two-way greatness, and whether the sport will ever see his likes again. Audio intro: Son Volt, "Left a Slide" Audio interstitial: The Baseball Project, "Phenom" Audio outro: The Felice Brothers, "Hometown Hero" Link to BP on Musgrove and Bohm Link to Ben on the once-anonymous Padres Link to Devan on Locastro Link to story on Locastro and Raines Link to Acuña grounder video Link to Acuña FieldVision video Link to Baseball Savant sprint speed leaderboard Link to Bohm slide video Link to Atlanta’s reaction to the Bohm call Link to Dihigo’s Seamheads batter page Link to Dihigo’s Seamheads pitcher page Link to Pages from Baseball’s Past on Dihigo Link to The Undefeated on Dihigo Link to THT on Dihigo Link to THT on two-way Negro Leagues greats Link to Newsday on Dihigo Link to MLB.com on Dihigo Link to Dihigo’s SABR bio Link to Gilberto’s Zoom background Link to Gilberto’s YouTube channel Link to YouTube documentary on Dihigo Link to recording of “Elegía a Martín Dihigo” Link to transcript of “Elegía a Martín Dihigo” Link to Gilberto’s biography of his father Link to Gilberto’s book Estrellas Por Siempre Link to Adrian’s book Playing America’s Game Link to Adrian’s book Cuban Star  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