Effectively Wild Episode 1722: One Month Without Sticky Stuff

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the length of the baseball season (and postseason) compared to other sports’, whether Shohei Ohtani ever grows frustrated with his mere-mortal teammates, the prolific predictions of the Rockies’ Mike Redmond, a possible modification to the zombie-runner rule, an update on the Marlins’ run differential, a story about a broadcaster bet gone wrong, a listener report on Tony La Russa, Willie Stargell’s stars, an Ohtani playing-time fun fact, the AL MVP race, the Blue Jays returning to Toronto (and a hat tip to John McDonald), a few potential variations on the cycle, and when MLB will welcome its first active, openly gay player, then close with a discussion of MLB’s first month sans sticky stuff, focusing on the offensive effects and whether cheating is overrated. Audio intro: Vetiver, "Been So Long" Audio outro: The Posies, "Flavor of the Month" Link to study on postseason randomness Link to Neil Paine on MLB vs. the NBA Link to Ohtani’s postgame comments Link to The Onion on Ohtani Link to Ohtani Week intro Link to Redmond predictions story Link to Nightengale on the zombie-runner rule Link to The Athletic on the zombie-runner rule Link to Jim Rooker story Link to Jake Mintz’s ride Link to Buster Olney on Stargell’s stars Link to Engadget on Stargell’s stars Link to cycle tweet Link to story on Ron Wright Link to story on the “Saint Cycle” Link to Ben on sticky-stuff effects  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