Effectively Wild Episode 1743: On the Bubble

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Yastrzemski, “bubble guts,” and the right way for a manager to publicize a player’s intestinal distress, then follow up on Miguel Cabrera and the factors that influence players’ career ratios of pitchers homered off of to total home runs, review the state of the standings, discuss the Cubs’ unexpected contributions from Frank Schwindel and Rafael Ortega, and answer listener emails about Patrick Wisdom and the difference between building blocks and fun flashes in the pan, Joey Gallo and the decline of the 0-for-4 game with no strikeouts or walks, the advent and spread of intentional balks, a potential systemic disadvantage to moving the mound back, and MLB (briefly) considering the idea of allowing fans to throw home run balls back and keep them in play, plus (1:05:15) two Stat Blasts about Ryan Lavarnway and the longest trip to 162 games played, and the Rays and the lowest leading WAR on a division winner. Audio intro: The Jayhawks, "Living in a Bubble" Audio outro: Built to Spill, "Conventional Wisdom" Link to Kapler’s comment on Yaz Link to data on pitcher-to-home-run ratios Link to CBS Sports on the Cubs’ winning streak Link to Cubs Insider on Schwindel Link to Sahadev Sharma on Schwindel Link to Rustin Dodd on Schwindel in 2018 Link to Ashley MacLennan on lovable “bad” players Link to 1990 article on Kevin Maas Link to Devan on Wisdom Link to Stathead on the all-contact 0-for-4 Link to article on Gallo’s “reset” Link to 2019 story on the intentional balk Link to video of Jansen’s intentional balk Link to story on the latest intentional balks Link to post on Kimbrel’s intentional balk Link to mention of throwing home run balls back Link to previous EW convo about balls in stands Link to Lavarnway Stat Blast data Link to 2011 post on Lavarnway’s promotion Link to Rays/WAR leaders Stat Blast data Link to SABR on DiMaggio’s ’49 comeback Link to Andy McCullough on the Rays Link to Zach Kram on the Rays Link to ESPN on the Rays in 2020 Link to story on the Rays’ saves record Link to article about deGrom’s UCL sprain Link to Ben on the Soto Shuffle Link to post on EW Wiki Chrome extension  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