Effectively Wild Episode 1695: The Better Angels of Our Nature

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Dodgers signing Albert Pujols and what the rest of his season could look like, Kevin Pillar’s broken nose and the ongoing HBP epidemic, Shohei Ohtani’s latest heroics (and modeling video) and whether he can become a face of baseball and a crossover star, MLB’s rising injury rate, Huascar Ynoa’s self-inflicted fracture (and whether teams should invest in dugout/tunnel padding), Yermín Mercedes hitting a homer off of Willians Astudillo and igniting a tired unwritten rules debate, the Twins as potential sellers, Yasmani Grandal’s wild slash line, Nick Castellanos getting revenge on Rob Manfred, and Kyle Schwarber enjoying a mid-game snack, plus a flopping vs. framing follow-up and postscripts about Mike Trout’s injury and Tony La Russa. Audio intro: Jimi Hendrix, "Crosstown Traffic" Audio outro: Minor Threat, "In My Eyes" Link to Jay Jaffe on the Pujols signing Link to Jay on the Mets’ many injuries Link to combined WAR leaderboard Link to MLB.com on Ohtani’s homers Link to video of Ohtani’s oppo homer Link to video of Ohtani’s pulled homer Link to Ohtani’s Hugo Boss video Link to Ohtani’s Hugo Boss page Link to tweet about the Angels Link to video of Mercedes homer Link to slowest pitches hit for homers Link to video of Andrus obstruction play Link to postgame Castellanos interview Link to Bryant/Schwarber Twix video Link to video of Trout injury Link to story about Trout injury Link to The Onion on Ohtani Link to Ben on Tatis and unwritten rules Link to Sox Machine on La Russa Link to The Athletic on La Russa  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