Effectively Wild Episode 1888: Paper Tigers

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mariners’ soaring playoff odds, a wild Mariners-Yankees game, the other greatest team gainers and losers in playoff probability over the past month, the difference between Baseball-Reference’s playoff odds and other sites’ versions, Keith Hernandez’s thoughts on the Phillies, how their own preseason predictions have held up, Steven Kwan and Triston McKenzie, the dominance of the Dodgers, a few significant injuries, the Tigers firing GM Al Avila (40:26) and the future of their franchise, Jason Heyward’s Cubs contract, Rodolfo Castro’s phone mishap, and more. Then (1:05:23) they share a Past Blast from 1888, Stat Blast (1:09:06) about Miles Mikolas and the worst start ever, Robinson Canó’s trio of releases, Jake Fishman and long gaps between a college’s alumni making the majors, the most homers in a day by players with the same first name, games where every pitcher recorded the same number of outs, the longest winning streaks by sub-.500 teams, and the youth of the Guardians, before ending with a quick, condensed cold call (1:35:26) with nearly-97-year-old Larry Miggins, who hit the most emotional home run Vin Scully ever called. Audio intro: The Soft Boys, “Lions and Tigers” Audio outro: The Fernweh, “Happy as Larry” Link to Yankees-Mariners game story Link to BP on the game Link to TOOTBLAN montage Link to FG odds changes Link to FG’s playoff odds page Link to B-Ref’s playoff odds page Link to Alex Speier on the Red Sox Link to Keith’s Phillies comment Link to The Ringer’s staff predictions Link to FG’s staff predictions Link to FG Kwan Q&A Link to Dan S. on the White Sox Link to Tigers statement on Avila Link to The Athletic on Avila Link to The Athletic on Avila again Link to Heyward news Link to Heyward’s FA value Link to story on Heyward’s speech Link to Joe Posnanski on Heyward’s deal Link to AP story on Castro Link to Castro video Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1888 story source 1 Link to 1888 story source 2 Link to Stathead Link to Kenny Jackelen on Twitter Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to worst 2022 starts Link to worst post-1947 starts Link to article on Oquist’s start Link to most releases sheet Link to college debut gaps sheet Link to sheet of same-out-count games Link to Garver game at B-Ref Link to Garver episode Link to list of longest sub-.500 W streaks Link to weighted team ages sheet Link to youngest/oldest teams sheet Link to Guardians/Mustard story Link to listener emails database Link to Pages from Baseball’s Past Link to Craig Wright on Miggins/Scully Link to Scully video Link to list of oldest living players Link to Miggins’ SABR bio Link to story on Miggins and Scully Link to story on Miggins and Jackie Link to 1946 story on Jackie’s debut  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