Effectively Wild Episode 1904: Keeping Tabs

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about minor leaguers officially joining the MLBPA and what minor league unionization might do to the game’s distribution of revenue, follow up on Gold Gloves for utility players, toilet flappers, and Joey Meneses, discuss Jon Berti’s pursuit of 40 stolen bases, what pickoff-attempt restrictions will do to the running game, and why they don’t mind making things easier for runners, examine a Jake McCarthy attempted steal of home, give the Diamondbacks their due, and muse on the different types of steals of home, the potential of the terms “sayonara hit” and “hero interview,” and the homer-hitting prowess of Eugenio Suárez before answering additional listener emails about the effects of the rules changes on infielder offense and pitchouts, swinging twice at one pitch, attempting to get out of tagging up, why the raglan sleeve is associated with “baseball shirts,” deciding to go double or nothing after scoring, emergency backup pitchers, directional arrows projected on the field, and the virtues of teams being pretty good instead of great or terrible, plus musings on listeners learning they like Scott Boras and pitch-clock countdowns on score bugs, and a Past Blast from 1904. Audio intro: Ducks Ltd., “It’s Easy” Audio outro: Ryan Pollie, “Steal Away” Link to Evan on unionization Link to Russell on minor league pay Link to story on utility Gold Gloves Link to story on Meneses interception Link to Meneses letter Link to Korky flapper sizing page Link to Baumann on Berti Link to Russell on the running game Link to McCarthy steal attempt video Link to BP on the steal attempt Link to Altuve’s steal of home Link to Ben C. on Arozarena running Link to Ben on Murakami and Sasaki Link to HR leaders since 2018 Link to pitchouts by season Link to Sam on pitchouts Link to Ben on pitchouts Link to post on 2016 2B offense Link to post on Moustakas at second Link to story on shifting and infielders Link to story on slowest possible pitch Link to info on swing timing Link to info on pitch timing Link to story on Pence’s double hit Link to raglan sleeve wiki Link to story on baseball-shirt sexiness Link to ESPN Daily on the EBUG Link to Dodgers-Mets laser story Link to EW listener emails database Link to 1904 story source Link to SABR game story Link to Sol White’s book Link to Rube Foster SABR bio Link to 1904 World Series info 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