Effectively Wild Episode 2066: Moral Tarpitude

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’s (finally) leagues-leading jersey sales, Mets grounds crew shenanigans, and shrinking minor leaguers, then (28:18) answer listener emails about restructured pitching staffs on which everyone would throw 3-to-4 innings at a time, a speed limit for pitches, displaying error bars for WAR, allowing outfielders only a certain number of catches per game (plus info on secret natural lefties), and a pitcher who reliably gets stronger as the game goes on, followed (1:20:03) by a guest Stat Blast on the not-nice improbability of the Twins’ playoff losing streak by Chris Hanel, maker of the new YouTube documentary “The Minnesota Twins and the Cruelest Streak in Sports.” Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to 2023 jersey-sales ranking Link to 2021 jersey-sales ranking Link to 2018 jersey-sales ranking Link to grounds crew story Link to Schumaker video Link to Longenhagen on heights Link to shrunk/shrank pedantry thread Link to Laurila on the Rays Link to Petriello on the Rays Link to restrictor plate article Link to Ben on smaller pitching staffs Link to EW Episode 449 Link to BP DRC+ SDs Link to info on natural lefties Link to baseball bounce catches Link to EW emails database Link to Topps Now cards Link to Twins Topps Now archive Link to EW guests archive Link to Chris on score bugs Link to Twins playoff results Link to Chris’s Twins doc Link to Chris’s Twins blog post  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