Effectively Wild Episode 1921: Always Tell Me the Odds

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s baseball Facebook friend recommendations, the Phillies’ odds against the Astros in the World Series, Kyle Schwarber’s mechanical bull ride, a hidden perk of the Astros’ pitching depth, whether we judge managers too much by their rings, the career and legacy of Dave Dombrowski, the Marlins hiring Skip Schumaker as manager, the length of games this postseason, and Shohei Ohtani’s old team drafting another two-way player, followed by Stat Blasts (1:10:37) about when the AL/NL’s cumulative HR total overtook its cumulative SB total, a pitcher pinch running for the DH, and George Springer and the most hits before a first pinch hit, plus a Past Blast from 1921. Audio intro: Free, “Be My Friend” Audio outro: Thrush Hermit, “Skip the Life” Link to FG WS odds Link to reliever familiarity research Link to video of Schwarber’s ride Link to Posnanski on Davey Johnson Link to post on Dombrowski history Link to Bannister’s Dombrowski thread Link to MLBTR on Schumaker Link to MLB.com on Schumaker Link to Sam on nicknames Link to study on manager demographics Link to report on manager demographics Link to more on manager demographics Link to Acta’s mound tweet Link to MLB.com on game lengths Link to annual postseason offense Link to research on scoring and upsets Link to Yazawa news Link to Shinjo jersey news Link to Stathead Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to EW emails database Link to CloseCallSports video Link to 1921 story source Link to SABR on the ’21 World Series 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