Effectively Wild Episode 2211: Hip Hippo Hooray

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Juan Soto’s free agency and Aaron Judge’s ego, follow up on in-season exhibition games, and (18:51) answer listener emails about the possibility of adding games to the baseball season, bullpen pitchers robbing a home run robbery, redrawing (or enforcing) coach’s boxes, pronouncing “wRC+,” programming ABS to help starters go deeper into games, Joey Votto vs. Lance Berkman, boycotting A’s games on the road, installing a second home plate (and/or double bases), replacing “bullets in the arm” with “throws of the dice,” using pitch counts instead of innings counts, and player development during suspensions. Audio intro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Passan’s FA preview Link to Judge/Soto story Link to highest player AAVs Link to longest contracts Link to extension rejection story Link to radio host on Judge Link to laser pointers story Link to Sosa 1998 exhibition Link to new UEFA format Link to story on shortening season Link to Jankowski robbery Link to Jankowski waiver news Link to coach’s box wiki Link to coach’s box rule Link to MLB rules Link to Yanks/Jays incident Link to Yanks/Jays video Link to Ben on the strike zone Link to 1B JAWS Link to LF JAWS Link to double 1B story 1 Link to double 1B story 2 Link to double 1B story 3 Link to innings vs. pitches data Link to Orelvis suspension Link to suspended player rules Link to rehab rules Link to listener emails database Link to MLBTR on Pasquantino Link to Picollo quote Link to hippos article 1 Link to hippos article 2 Link to hippos article 3 Link to hippos article 4 Link to hippos article 5 Link to hippos article 6 Link to hippos article 7 Link to hippos article 8 Link to hippos article 9 Link to hippos article 10 Link to hippos documentary Link to hippogriff wiki 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