Effectively Wild Episode 1902: Bat Albert

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the old-and-improved Albert Pujols, Mike Trout’s homer streak, the White Sox winning, Elvis Andrus making the A’s pay, James Karinchak’s inconclusive hair inspection, the Dodgers prematurely celebrating a clinching (and the concept of clinch creep), the puzzle of Cody Bellinger, and the retrospective puzzle of Edwin Díaz’s 2019, plus followups (53:48) on Carlos Correa, bigger bases, and shifting, listener emails (1:02:17) about bigger baseballs and/or bats, and a Past Blast (1:18:53) from 1902. Audio intro: David Bowie, “Saviour Machine” Audio outro: Fiona Apple, “Extraordinary Machine” Link to hitting leaders since 8/10 Link to Stathead on big platoon splits Link to story on Pujols and 697 Link to Pujols’ rolling wRC+ Link to Reddit thread on Pujols homers Link to Jay Jaffe on Trout Link to Trout HR streak story Link to story on Andrus vs. A’s Link to team SS wRC+ since 8/17 Link to TLR story Link to Ben Clemens on Karinchak Link to Rob Arthur on spin Link to story on Dodgers mistake Link to Reddit thread on Dodgers clinch Link to Poscast episode on clinching Link to Dan S. on Bellinger Link to Eric Stephen tweet Link to 2019 EW episode on Díaz Link to Petriello’s shifting thread Link to Rob Arthur on shifting Link to EW listener emails database Link to story about old bat sizes Link to Eno Sarris on bats Link to 1902 story source Link to Hoy vs. Taylor SABR story Link to Hoy’s SABR bio Link to info on Hoy’s nickname Link to Taylor’s SABR bio Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter  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