Effectively Wild Episode 2148: Backyard Baseball

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the earthquake in the Northeast, Juan Soto’s choice of walk-up song, J.J. Hardy building a ballpark in his Arizona backyard, the pluses and minuses of living in or near a ballpark, and how Shohei Ohtani relates to the Tower of Babel, then (1:04:21) answer listener emails about the Moneyball A’s vs. the 116-win Mariners, Joey Votto and players’ skill with cursive script, how long a ceremonial first pitch thrower could potentially delay a game, the value of consistently throwing from multiple arm slots, and how much better a team would be if its opponents knew nothing about it in advance. Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to NYT on the earthquake Link to Gleyber’s BP Link to Soto song tweet Link to “Empire State of Mind” Link to Correa Dior store quote Link to Hardy yardwork report Link to Olerud tree story Link to Target Field view Link to Minneapolis apartment building Link to converted Indianapolis ballpark Link to Indy stadium lofts Link to converted Osaka Stadium Link to The Athletic on the Dodgers ball Link to Dodgers follow-up article Link to Ohtani video clip Link to Ireton profile Link to Tower of Babel wiki Link to Votto tweet Link to NPR on cursive Link to The Atlantic on cursive Link to NYT on cursive Link to Rangers first pitch Link to Padres exhibition game Link to Ben on rookie pitcher comments Link to research on MLB debuts Link to listener emails database Link to Strider article Link to Ben on pitcher injuries Link to info on “misles” Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form  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