Effectively Wild Episode 1807: The Principle of the Thing

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the latest lockout stalemate and how to decide where to lay blame, a changing of the umpirial guard in which Joe West (finally) leaves and John Libka enters, and whether there could be an MLB equivalent of the NFL’s current tanking scandal, then answer listener emails about watching baseball during the playoffs, whether to raise a child to root for the Yankees or Red Sox, the root of Hall of Fame culture, the criteria for becoming a baseball cover model, a foul-tip rule, and identifying MLB players without their identifying features, plus (1:11:54) Stat Blasts about home run trees, the modern equivalent of “Three-and-Two Jack” Graney, and whether MLB adheres to the Pareto Principle. Audio intro: Sloan, “Laying Blame” Audio outro: Boat, “I Believe in the Principle” Link to Evan Drellich’s latest Link to MLBPA statement Link to MLB statement Link to AP lockout piece Link to player tweets collection Link to Emma on players and social media Link to umpires press release Link to story about umpires and age Link to another story about umpires and age Link to Umpire Scorecards leaderboard Link to Libka episode wiki Link to story on Flores lawsuit Link to Hue Jackson tanking story Link to Joe Posnanski on the Browns tanking Link to story on tanking and the NFL draft Link to Shakeia Taylor EW interview Link to Posnanski on the Hall of Fame Link to Lawrence Taylor story Link to another LT story Link to MLB rulebook Link to foul-tip thread Link to EW’s Trout hypotheticals Link to home run trees info Link to “Three-and-Two Jack” story Link to 3-2 count leaderboard Link to Pareto principle wiki Link to Pareto principle post Link to combined WAR leaderboard Link to Travis Sawchik salary research Link to Ben Clemens on Super Two Link to Clemens on arbitration  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