Effectively Wild Episode 2170: Making it Official

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the career and competitive implications of Ronald Acuña Jr.’s latest season-ending injury, the retirement of infamous ump Angel Hernandez, the aesthetics of umps issuing warnings, the Brewers’ success sans Craig Counsell and David Stearns, a new unwritten rule against any(?) bunting, White Sox players vs. White Sox skipper Pedro Grifol, Tim Anderson’s offense, Aaron Judge’s defense, and team meetings prior to Patrick Corbin starts. Then (1:02:12) they talk to official MLB historian John Thorn and Negro Leagues researcher Larry Lester about MLB adding Negro Leagues stats to its official major league historical record, pensions for surviving Negro Leagues players, the East-West Classic, and more, plus a few follow-ups (1:43:07). Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to FG on Acuña Link to Dan S. on Atlanta Link to EW on modeling depth Link to Acuña injury video Link to MLB.com on Acuña injury Link to MLB.com on ATL returns Link to MLBTR on ATL OF help Link to The Athletic on Hernandez Link to USA Today on Hernandez Link to Athletic Hernandez profile Link to BP on Hernandez Link to ump pointing pre-PCA HR Link to Counsell boos Link to BP on Counsell homecoming Link to Lindor chants tweet Link to Lindor boos tweet Link to more Lindor Link to Smith Berry beef Link to bunting Stat Blast Link to Sam on unwritten rules Link to FG on the Guardians Link to BaseRuns standings Link to Grifol story Link to Anderson errors video Link to Anderson errors story Link to BP on Judge Link to Judge barrels Link to Judge’s 20 games Link to Janes tweet Link to 2023 meeting story Link to Sam on Corbin Link to MLBTR on Robles Link to MLB news story Link to Negro Leagues hub Link to hitting leaderboards Link to pitching leaderboards Link to John’s website Link to Larry’s website Link to AP on stat integration Link to Seamheads database Link to Retrosheet data Link to Athletic stats story Link to MLB.com stats story Link to pensions story Link to East-West story Link to MLB at Rickwood Field Link to Ben’s 2020 report 1 Link to Ben’s 2020 report 2 Link to shift violation Link to shift violation rule Link to Cueto Windbigler video Link to Cueto Windbigler story Link to Moon Hound on Bandcamp 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