Effectively Wild Episode 1809: How Harmful Would a Longer Lockout Be?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about baseball equivalents of a stat about the New York Nets’ former big three, review Rob Manfred’s comments to the press about the labor situation (with an emphasis on his assertion about MLB teams being bad investments), Stat Blast (29:05) about players who batted at the bottom of the order after hitting 300-plus homers, and (45:15) talk to Kenyon College economics professor Jaret Treber about what his and other economists’ research has revealed about the impact that work stoppages have had on attendance and revenue in sports. Audio intro: Rollins Band, “Liar” Audio interstitial: Rollins Band, “Liar” Audio outro: Hinds, “Come Back and Love Me” Link to tweet about the Nets Link to Zach Kram on the Harden trade Link to Ben on the Royals’ outfield Link to Sam Miller on the Royals’ pen Link to Ben on record in games with homer Link to Manfred transcript Link to Manfred summary Link to Evan Drellich on Manfred Link to franchise values data Link to Travis Sawchik on franchise values Link to Rob Mains on franchise values Link to Michael Baumann on Manfred Link to Stat Blast data Link to story about Foxx beaning Link to story about Foxx’s final season Link to Chuck Klosterman’s book Link to Ben on post-strike attendance Link to Jaret’s faculty page Link to Jaret’s paper  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