Effectively Wild Episode 2214: Don’t Bean Me, Bro

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the impressiveness of a prediction by Carlos Estévez, how to say the score from the losing team’s perspective, and getting hit in the head by a hot dog. Then (23:13) they discuss getting hit in the head (or the hands) by a baseball: how often it happens, how dangerous it is, and whether (as Whit Merrifield argues) MLB must act to discourage it. Then (58:28) they brainstorm about visiting teams’ first-inning disadvantage and answer listener emails (1:08:42) about Triple-A teams as playoff warm-up acts, an obscure Rich Hill record, post-PitchCom performance in past sign-stealing situations, headfirst sliding vs. feet-first sliding (and whether running more can cause one to slump at the plate), the concept of a “natural position,” and the ethics of a UCL exclusivity deal. Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Estévez story Link to Estévez game Link to Estévez game highlights Link to McMahon homer Link to Estévez game story Link to 2022 Merrifield HBP Link to Merrifield Athletic article 1 Link to Merrifield Athletic article 2 Link to Ben on HBP in 2021 Link to Mains on HBP in 2021 Link to Arthur on HBP and batters 1 Link to Arthur on HBP and batters 2 Link to FG on HBP in 2022 Link to HBP per PA by year Link to HBP per pitch by year Link to avg. HBP velo Link to avg. FB HBP velo Link to HBP FB% by year Link to avg. HBP height Link to avg. FB HBP height Link to HBP in danger zones by year Link to Shadow Zone HBP by year Link to HBP in the strike zone by year Link to BP Recovery Dashboard Link to Rosenthal on command Link to Sarris on command Link to BP on hitter injuries Link to Mains on HFA by inning Link to Smith on first-inning HFA 1 Link to Smith on first-inning HFA 2 Link to Japanese baseball rules Link to 2015 Japan Times column Link to Ben C. on playoffs layoffs Link to Hill Stathead query Link to MLBTR on Hill’s DFA Link to Hill’s 2024 game log Link to B-Ref bases-occupied splits Link to runner-on-second offense Link to no-runner-on-second offense Link to sliding mitts blog Link to Mark Simon’s Twitter Link to SIS Twitter Link to injury rates on slides Link to Andrews on Cruz Link to Benz on Cruz Link to info on lefty defenders Link to Buck on butts Link to mindset explainer Link to listener emails database Link to gunk story 1 Link to gunk story 2 Link to gunk story 3 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