Effectively Wild Episode 1686: The Best and the Rest of the West

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the latest riveting Padres-Dodgers series, the beef between Trevor Bauer and Fernando Tatis Jr., Tatis’s fielding, the end of GM Jeff Bridich’s reign with the Rockies, Madison Bumgarner’s hitless start (but non-no-hitter?), Jacob deGrom’s dominance and starts in which pitchers produce as many hits as they allow, and John Means and the O’s stopping Oakland’s 13-game winning streak, then follow up on previous discussions about collective action by fans and replay review in cricket and provide updates on Shohei Ohtani and Willians Astudillo, plus a Stat Blast on the AL West’s “ASSHAT” standings and the most common division orders in recent seasons and a Meet a Major Leaguer on Rays pitcher Louis Head and Astros pitcher Kent Emanuel. Audio intro: Dan Bern, "Rivalry" Audio outro: Cotton Mather, "April’s Fool" Link to Tatis-Bauer beef summary Link to Nick Groke on Bridich Link to Bumgarner video Link to Jay Jaffe on Bumgarner Link to spreadsheet of starts like deGrom’s Link to ASSHAT standings image Link to most common standings 2013-20 Link to most common standings 1998-2020 Link to video of Astudillo’s dinger Link to story about Head Link to story about Emanuel Link to video of Emanuel’s debut Link to Jared Diamond on DHCMT Link to Ken Rosenthal on DHCMT Link to Fabian Ardaya on Ohtani’s outing  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