Effectively Wild Episode 1868: And Here Come the Sunflower Seeds

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a surprising ESPY nomination for Jorge Soler, another Tyler Wade/Taylor Ward broadcaster mixup, the massive Mariners-Angels brawl and ensuing suspensions and pizzas, Bryce Harper’s broken thumb and not-broken face, Mark Appel finally making the majors, an update on the Joc Pederson–Tommy Pham feud, the Yankees getting no-hit, the respectable Orioles, an impressive fact about the AL East, a Willians Astudillo tag mistake and the nature of forces vs. tags, and Freddie Freeman’s representation, plus a Stat Blast (1:13:05) about Robbie Ray and pitchers with high concentrations of runs allowed in one inning, a Past Blast (1:24:32) from 1868, and a few followups. Audio intro: Colleen Green, “Number One” Audio outro: The Hives, “Two-Timing Touch and Broken Bones” Link to ESPY nominations Link to video of brawl Link to sunflower-seed toss Link to suspension announcements Link to pizza story Link to Tepera’s two ejections Link to Harper quote Link to 2021 Harper HBP story Link to Appel story Link to Astros no-hitter video Link to Langs tweet about Yankees Link to first Judge game-ender Link to second Judge game-ender Link to Pederson/Pham update Link to Astudillo tag play Link to Olney report about Freeman Link to Freeman ovation video Link to Freeman press conference Link to Stat Blast data Link to Ray broadcast graphic Link to Cameron Grove on Ray Link to Grove on Ray again Link to third Grove/Ray tweet Link to Stathead Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1868 story source Link to other 1868 story source Link to Bradley broken-elbow video Link to Bradley broken-elbow news Link to Meg’s post on Bradley Link to Sadman Baseball video  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