Effectively Wild Episode 1995: Stink or Swim

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether a remedy for former Yankees slugger Moose Skowron might help current Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton, Cody Bellinger’s rebound and ovation violation, Domingo Germán’s sticky start, Juan Soto’s pitch-clock problem, Bryce Harper, hitting machines, and the future of minor-league rehab stints, whether Yandy Díaz’s “Ground Beef” nickname no longer applies, the reduced drag of the baseball and the overall offensive environment this season, the Atlantic League’s new experimental rules, the rules about rundowns on third pickoff attempts, a few injuries, extensions, and call-ups, the Marlins’ mediocrity despite their trades for top pitchers, Anthony Bass’s viral popcorn complaint, and more. Then (1:29:19) they do a Meet a Major Leaguer segment on Hobie Harris and Hogan Harris, check in on the Sean Murphy/Esteury Ruiz/William Contreras trade, and close with a Past Blast (1:50:06) from 1995 and a few follow-ups. Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Monk Turner, “Beef Release” Link to article on Skowron Link to Stanton’s yoga videos Link to article on Skowron’s swimming Link to more on Skowron’s swimming Link to FG post on Stanton Link to research on static stretching Link to EW Bellinger roundtable Link to Voros’s Law Link to Bellinger ovation Link to Germán article Link to Beck tweet about Germán Link to Beck EW episode Link to Soto pitch-clock tweet Link to article on Harper’s rehab Link to Ben on pitching machines Link to Emma on rehab unis Link to BP on Díaz Link to Rob on baseball drag Link to Baseball Savant drag values Link to 2023 MiLB experiments Link to Atlantic League experiments Link to info on courtesy runners Link to article on double-hook DH Link to Ben on pitcher limits Link to Harrison’s pickle expertise Link to Sam Blum on Neto Link to article on Arraez and López Link to Baumann on Arraez Link to FG post on López extension Link to FG post on Webb extension Link to FG post on Woodruff injury Link to Sam Blum on Neto Link to Bass tweet Link to Bois on the Bass tweet Link to article about Bass tweet Link to Meet a Major Leaguer wiki Link to B-Ref new debuts page Link to Emma’s Battenfield tweet Link to article on Hobie’s name Link to Landrith obit Link to Harris scouting report Link to Mets-A’s box score Link to Mets-A’s gamer Link to possum story Link to worst debut ERAs Link to worst team ERA starts Link to FG post on A’s pitching Link to framing leaderboard Link to Contreras defense article Link to more on Contreras Link to article on Brewers framing Link to 1995 Past Blast source Link to 1995 Past Blast source, cont’d. Link to pensions article Link to more info on pensions Link to 2020 pensions column Link to Teasley episode wiki Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to new Correa quote Link to “Dior store” quote Link to Wade/Ward wiki Link to Sam’s 512 intro  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