Effectively Wild Episode 1733: Corn-Fed Beef Boys

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Field of Dreams Game, “playing catch” vs. “having a catch,” scouting baseball movies, and a quibble with baseball in Twilight, answer listener emails about extending the Field of Dreams Game concept to other settings (and other baseball movies), the aesthetics of no-doubt dingers and wall-scrapers, saving the ball from a fluky first hit, and the difficulty of comparing per-game stats and statistical qualifiers across seasons with and without COVID-related rules, plus Stat Blasts on the players who’ve been called up and sent down most often in a single season and the longest streaks of matching results for two teams (and additional thoughts on Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, Jo Adell, Jacob deGrom, the Dodgers’ division odds, trading catchers, and links on the show page). Audio intro: Cub Scout Bowling Pins, "Heaven Beats Iowa" Audio outro: The Ladybug Transistor, "Broken Links" Link to Field of Dreams Game highlights Link to Field of Dreams Game ratings Link to Field of Dreams EW episode Link to potential future settings for games Link to Take Me In to the Ballgame podcast Link to Twilight EW episode Link to Tom & Jerry baseball scene Link to expected home runs leaderboard Link to video of Burger’s first hit Link to Sam on ERA qualifiers Link to FanGraphs Playoff Odds Link to Craig Goldstein on Adell Link to most optioned/recalled players Link to Gerald Schifman on options use Link to Eric Stephen on often-optioned players Link to EW episode with Oliver Drake Link to list of longest matching W-L streaks Link to data on trade rates by position Link to Ohtani on his pitching potential Link to Ohtani WPA tweet  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