Effectively Wild Episode 2012: Double Clutch

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s prediction concerning the Padres’ and Rangers’ rest-of-season performance with runners in scoring position, then (14:08) answer listener emails about the ultimate Quadruple-A player, leaving runners on base for the opposing team, immaculate-inning edge cases, tanking for Shohei Ohtani, setting up a lifelong Google Alert for a player, the 2020 season’s impact on Hall of Fame cases, and Barry Bonds with an extra-short bat, followed by (1:12:43) Stat Blasts about the frequency of in-game position switches and the most players on a team who had previously played on the same former team, plus (1:40:06) a Past Blast from 2012 and a few follow-ups. Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to lowest tOPS+ w/RISP Link to lowest OPS w/RISP Link to highest tOPS+ w/RISP Link to highest OPS w/RISP Link to OPS w/bases empty Link to Petriello on the Rangers Link to Odor HR Link to preseason predictions pod Link to latest MiLB FA draft Link to Gonny Jomes wiki Link to old EW on immaculate innings Link to Oviedo’s inning Link to info on Mavs tanking Link to article on Wemby tanking Link to Waddell SABR bio Link to McLaughlin wiki Link to McLaughlin feature Link to Posnanski on DiMaggio Link to Jay on missed time Link to Jay on missed time again Link to Bois on Bonds Link to listener emails database Link to Topps Now cards Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to positional permutations Link to position-switch sheet Link to second Stat Blast doc Link to 2012 Past Blast source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to America Magazine article Link to other Dodgers/SPI links Link to Calcaterra newsletter Link to Alonso clip Link to Sabathia periods source Link to more on C.C./CC  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