Effectively Wild Episode 1910: Broken Record

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the fight for the third wild card in the National League and the way in which the expanded playoff format shifts attention toward middling teams, appreciating postseason success and regular-season success, the regular-season dominance of the Dodgers, home-run-record derangement syndrome (17:52) and a middle ground between the warring absolutists worked up one way or another about Aaron Judge (or pitchers not pitching to him), a better name for the combined cycle, a suspicious Carlos Correa quote, a counterintuitive observation about Yadier Molina’s basestealing suppression, Tony La Russa reportedly not returning to the White Sox next season, Rich Hill planning to pitch again, pedantic questions (1:13:01) about non-baseball ballparks, payoff pitches, and long balls vs. big balls, plus a new name for the Grand Junction Rockies, a new use for a descending mound, and a Past Blast (1:26:09) from 1910. Audio intro: Vampire Weekend, “Obvious Bicycle” Audio outro: AC/DC, “Big Balls” Link to study on chance in the playoffs Link to Ginny Searle on the Dodgers Link to Maris Jr. quote Link to Ben on the PED era Link to Rob Arthur on PED HR outliers Link to Lamont video Link to Connecticut baseball divide Link to Correa video Link to Correa quote text Link to Russell on Molina Link to Edwards on Molina Link to TLR report Link to Hill report Link to EW emails database Link to “last strike” EW wiki page Link to GJ Rockies renaming report Link to GJ Chubs EW wiki page Link to pit clock EW wiki page Link to 1910 story source Link to cork ball source Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Link to Ohtani game story Link to Sheehan on middling teams Link to Lasagna story  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