Effectively Wild Episode 2212: Baseball in a Country Twice As High As Coors Field

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuña Jr., and quantifying power/speed excellence and the White Sox somehow playing way worse under Grady Sizemore, follow up on hippos, A-Rod’s relationships, double plates/bases, 40-something hitters, player predictions, and one-pitch first strikeouts, and react to a new kind of bases-loaded walk and private equity’s incursion into youth sports. Then (52:12) they talk to Matthew DeSantis and Ramon Riesgo of the Bhutan Baseball & Softball Association about the origins, development, and future of baseball in Bhutan and the Hudson Valley Renegades’ recent Bhutan Night. Audio intro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to power-speed number wiki Link to EW Episode 2057 Link to MUTO wiki Link to Cranston promo 1 Link to Cranston promo 2 Link to article on Angels and Ohtani Link to Ohtani/Dekopin first pitch Link to on-pace projections Link to FG playoff odds Link to Grant’s White Sox tweet Link to hippo etymology Link to quotes about A-Rod Link to PA by 40+ hitters Link to Chourio video Link to Adames video Link to Adames article Link to Seitzer game account Link to Seitzer game at Retrosheet Link to Seitzer game at B-Ref Link to MiLB IBB game Link to IBB list Link to Seager IBB details Link to Bloomberg on youth sports Link to EW Episode 2168 Link to Drellich on MiLB PE Link to EW Episode 1860 Link to Renegades wiki Link to 2023 MLB.com Bhutan story Link to 2024 MLB.com Bhutan story Link to Bhutan Baseball website Link to Bhutan Night video Link to more Bhutan Night video Link to Yankee Stadium video Link to Bhutan wiki Link to country elevations Link to Buddha statue wiki Link to Baseball5 wiki Link to Darwin’s finches wiki Link to Angels Ohtani graphic Link to Sox losing streak tweet Link to Swanson quote 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