Effectively Wild Episode 1895: Buggin’ Out

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Julio Rodríguez‘s complex, long-term extension with the Mariners, which wild card contenders Meg is most worried about as a Mariners fan, George Kirby’s game-starting strike streak and the nature of a strike, the new CBA’s impact on midseason callups, and Bryce Harper’s return, follow up on MLB players playing KBO players, “defended” vs. “defensed,” Munetaka Murakami’s homers, and Yankee Stadium’s design, share a Past Blast (43:17) from 1895, and reflect on the 20th anniversary of the first MLB game stream. Then (54:40) they talk to listener and broadcast designer/director Chris Hanel about his research into the pitch-speed flames and score bugs on baseball broadcasts, the biggest score bug mistakes and disputes, how score bugs have evolved, the best and worst score bugs, the future of score bugs, and more. Audio intro: The Apples in Stereo, “Stream Running Over” Audio interstitial: Bobbie Gentry, “Bugs” Audio outro: Popsicle, “Join My Stream” Link to Passan’s extension article Link to Passan’s Twitter thread Link to MLBTR on the extension Link to Dan S. on the extension Link to Stathead on 20/20 players Link to Kirby strike-record data Link to Stowers walk-off video Link to Elias fact tweet Link to CBA incentive details Link to BP on the Cavalli callup Link to tweet about Henderson Link to info on the “Korea Series” Link to Mark Simon on Walker Link to Zach Buchanan on Walker Link to Murakami tweet Link to defended/defensed discussion Link to story about streaming anniversary Link to 2002 streaming screenshot Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1895 story source Link to Sam on the flames Link to Chris’s flames grid Link to Chris’s graphics sheet Link to NPB graphics screenshot Link to NPB graphics screenshot 2 Link to story on ESPN NFL graphics change Link to MLB survey screenshot thread Link to Chris’s score bug account Link to Chris’s thread with more info Link to Chris’s baseball account Link to Chris’s company  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