Effectively Wild Episode 1981: An Arrow in the Knee at the WBC

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Edwin Díaz’s season-ending injury at the WBC and the anti-WBC sentiment it engendered, then (20:39) bring on top-tier Patreon supporter Michael Eisen to discuss his history with Effectively Wild and baseball and how his scientific research is analogous to baseball research, before answering listener emails (31:29) about the best way to use an ambidextrous pitcher, reenacting a specific baseball game, what it would be like if baseball players were worse than they used to be, mutual pitch-calling, a league with only hitters or pitchers, a possible upside of cheating, the pitch clock and the hidden-ball trick, whether MLB games used to be closer, ending the Yankees’ facial-hair policy, a “pitch jingle,” and even bigger bases, plus a Past Blast (1:48:06) from 1981. Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Jeff Eliassen, “Michael” Link to “arrow in the knee” wiki Link to Baumann on Díaz Link to Jon Tayler on the Díaz game Link to Díaz injury video Link to MLBTR on Díaz injury Link to Mets spring celebration video Link to Olbermann comments Link to Ohtani throwing 102 Link to story on upcoming WBCs Link to Michael’s UC Berkeley page Link to Michael’s blog Link to Michael’s wiki Link to “The Impossible Dream” video Link to FG pitcher stuff stats Link to Cijntje story Link to Cijntje video Link to Ben on baseball talent Link to EW about baseball talent Link to Ben on hitters and pitchers Link to so-called hidden ball trick Link to Sam on close games Link to Rob Mains on comebacks Link to Rob Arthur on mismatches Link to 1999 story on Vaughn and Reds Link to retrospective on Vaughn Link to Yankees policy history Link to Rodón shaving story Link to story about policy’s legality Link to more on policy’s legality Link to more on the legality Link to Wilson story Link to McCutchen’s comments Link to just-noticeable difference wiki Link to Dick Trueman episode Link to listener emails database Link to 1981 Past Blast source Link to 2019 Visalia article Link to 1995 Harrisburg article Link to Harrisburg Senators wiki Link to fan-owned baseball teams Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Saber Seminar scholarships Link to Saber Seminar submissions Link to Andy Ellison’s website  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