Effectively Wild Episode 1865: Slide Rule

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether changing managers is at all responsible for the Phillies’ recent success, the Yankees’ almost unparalleled winning-percentage pace, the Royals’ historically terrible pitching performance and the pressure on their pitching coach, another Taylor Ward/Tyler Wade broadcaster slipup, Anthony Rendon’s season-ending surgery, Michael Lorenzen’s comments about baseball slipperiness and MLB’s new mud mandate, a tough-negotiating teen fan’s price for J.J. Matijevic’s first career home run ball, a persuasive display of the minor-league ball/strike challenge system, the major league promotions of Riley Greene and Oneil Cruz, and Lorenzo Cain’s career, plus Stat Blasts (1:15:51) about an entire lineup turning over in a single game and losing pitchers who made the last out of a game, and (1:30:21) a Past Blast from 1865. Audio intro: Pulp, “Can I Have My Balls Back, Please?” Audio outro: The Moody Blues, “Steppin’ in a Slide Zone” Link to Joe Sheehan’s poll Link to The Athletic writers on Girardi Link to Jay Jaffe on the Yankees Link to B-Ref newsletter on the Yankees Link to tweet with Moore quote Link to follow-up tweet about Moore Link to Moore audio Link to Moore video Link to Royals’ staff’s + stats Link to Lorenzen comments Link to MLB mud memo Link to Matijevic game story Link to Matijevic video Link to story on Jeter’s 3000th Link to ball/strike challenge video Link to MiLB experimental rules Link to news about the zone Link to story on Cruz’s debut Link to story on Madris’s debut Link to Andy McCullough on Cain Link to Stathead Link to new Stathead feature explainer Link to lineup-changes Stat Blast data Link to losing P/last out Stat Blast data Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter account Link to Forsch game story Link to first DH story Link to second DH story Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1865 story source Link to first diamond image Link to second diamond image Link to history of spike use  Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20)  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source