Effectively Wild Episode 1775: Ask the Audience

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley follow up on an earlier conversation about ERA vs. FIP and banter about Seiya Suzuki being posted, Noah Syndergaard’s explanation of why he left the Mets, the rumored Sandy Alcantara extension and the future of the Marlins, how Canada’s new policy about unvaccinated athletes could affect the Blue Jays, and a dirty punch thrown by Willians Astudillo. Then (26:49) they discuss whether and how Ben, who’s eligible to vote for the Hall of Fame for the first time, should cast his ballot in a year with an unusually divisive slate of candidates. Audio intro: Crowded House, "Fame Is" Audio outro: Ry Cooder, "One Cat, One Vote, One Beer" Link to Syndergaard comments Link to story about Canada’s policy change Link to Reddit thread about Astudillo’s punch Link to blog post about Astudillo’s punch Link to earlier Astudillo brawl Link to 2022 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot Link to Jay Jaffe on the 2022 ballot Link to Jay on the Era Committee ballots Link to 2022 ballots at B-Ref Link to Jay on his 2021 ballot Link to EW interview with philosophers Link to Jared Diamond on the character clause Link to Jeff Passan on Bonds and Clemens Link to Passan on not voting Link to Andy McCullough on not voting Link to The Athletic’s HoF survey Link to Beyond the Scrum pod on not voting Link to starting pitcher JAWS leaders Link to Ken Rosenthal’s 2021 ballot cw // Link to comments by Bonds’s ex-wife cw // Link to comments by Bonds’s ex-girlfriend Link to FanGraphs post about playerElo Link to paper about playerElo Link to 2019 playerElo ratings Link to FiveThirtyEight Elo ratings Link to Stove League teaser video Link to Stove League review Link to stream Stove League via Kocowa Link to stream Stove League via Viki  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