Effectively Wild Episode 1984: Perfect Pitch

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter euphorically about the unbelievable ending of the World Baseball Classic, from Japan’s semifinal game against Mexico, to the climactic showdown between Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout in the USA-Japan final, to what made the whole WBC such a success. Then (52:02) they close the book on meeting major leaguers from 2022 by talking to James Bailey, author of Major League Debuts: 2023 Edition, about his new series of annual books about every player who makes the majors, his process for researching rookies, whether there are too many major leaguers, and 2022 debutants Jason Delay, Ben DeLuzio, and Donny Sands, followed by a Stat Blast (1:24:15) about Ichiro Cano and the highest-WAR combined baseball names, plus a Past Blast (1:33:14) from 1984. Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Sun, “In Perfect Time” Link to Zach Kram on the WBC Link to Ben on the WBC Link to Ohtani pitch grade stat Link to Trout-Ohtani video Link to Japanese broadcast call Link to 120 percent quote Link to more than 100 percent wiki Link to Arozarena trash talk Link to Ohtani trash talk Link to Ohtani’s speech Link to Arozarena HR robbery Link to Arozarena autographing Link to Randy autographing again Link to Sasaki candy story Link to Yoshida homer Link to Murakami walkoff Link to Ohtani double Link to WBC press release Link to All-Tournament Team Link to Meet a Major Leaguer wiki Link to book website Link to buy the book Link to B-Ref’s new debuts page Link to Ichiro Cano post Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to Stat Blast data Link to 1984 Past Blast source Link to 1984 Past Blast source, cont’d Link to EW on Florida baseball books Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to EW on RSNs Link to local-revenue article  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