Effectively Wild Episode 2188: I Fought the Wall, and the Wall Won

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s daughter coining a baseball term, how the on-screen strike-zone plot (slightly) delays the rest of the broadcast, Jose Miranda and the surprising 12-consecutive-hits club, David Robertson’s elite relief career, whether Shohei Ohtani should stop pitching, an attempt to quantify players’ smiles, how this season stacks up in terms of total team days at .500, and the latest player to break a bone punching a wall, followed (1:31:24) by Ben and Jessie Barbour performing the song, “Will the Bird Bones Be Unbroken?” Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to DeMarsico episode Link to DeMarsico episode wiki Link to pickoff attempt 1 Link to pickoff attempt 2 Link to Miranda hit Link to MLB.com on Miranda Link to Episode 1964 wiki Link to Dropo SABR bio Link to Higgins SABR bio Link to SABR on Higgins streak Link to streaks wiki Link to Twins Miranda tweet Link to FG Plus stats Link to Robertson ERA+ Link to reliever FIP- Link to Lindsey on Ohtani Link to Betteridge’s Law Link to smiles study Link to SMILE+ leaderboard Link to facial-recognition bias Link to .500 percentage graph Link to story about Brewer Link to Brewer photo Link to list of fractures Link to Ben and Jessie’s song Link to song lyrics Link to original song wiki Link to Carter Family variant 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