Effectively Wild Episode 1960: Seventy-Six Percent Led the Big Parade

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Scott Rolen’s election to the Hall of Fame, Billy Wagner, Andy Pettitte, and relievers vs. starters as Cooperstown candidates, the Adalberto Mondesi trade (and a wager about Mondesi and Shohei Ohtani), and (32:40) more ways in which baseball stands out from other sports. Then (45:00) they talk to FanGraphs senior writer (and The Cooperstown Casebook author) Jay Jaffe about Rolen’s trajectory, the rest of the voting results, the typical ballot in 2023, the election outlook for 2024, frustrating Hall of Fame arguments, and more. After that (1:21:36), they end with a follow-up about extra players on the field and an in-person Past Blast from 1960 (and Jacob Pomrenke). Audio intro: Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris, “Rollin’ On” Audio interstitial: Van Morrison, “Dweller on the Threshold” Audio outro: Joel Plaskett, “Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’” Link to HoF voting results Link to Petriello on HoF 3B Link to parents’ reaction video Link to Rolen’s Reddit spoiler Link to Griffey/Piazza Reddit spoiler Link to Rolen Stathead query Link to B-Ref newsletter Link to Ben on not voting Link to Ben on not voting again Link to Jeff Passan on not voting Link to Andy McCullough on not voting Link to Mark Armour tweet Link to reliever JAWS list Link to FG on the Mondesi trade Link to B.J. on Mondesi in 2018 Link to B.J. tweet about MVP Mondesi Link to Ohtani signing reaction episode Link to Meg/Barnwell/Adler episode Link to @OldTakesExposed Link to baseball exceptionalism wiki Link to curling scoreboard info Link to golf scoreboard photo Link to Jay on the results Link to Jayson Stark on the results Link to Ben on Mauer Link to Rob Parker tweet Link to Ron Cook column Link to Verducci video Link to The Cooperstown Casebook Link to Hershberger story source Link to 1960 story source Link to 1960 Winter Meetings (SABR) Link to SABR on MLB schedule changes Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Past Blast wiki Link to Shapiro quotes  Sponsor Us on Patreon  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