Effectively Wild Episode 2271: Deaths Came in Three

Deaths don’t actually come in threes—unfortunately, there are many more than that—but Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley begin by marking the passings of a trio of notable figures: David Lynch, Bob Uecker, and Tommy Brown. Then (35:27) they talk about the maybe-momentous signing of a Japanese player not named Roki Sasaki (Shotaro Morii), follow up on previous conversations about “breakout” creep, answer a couple of questions about breakouts, and then respond to listener emails on other topics, including nicknames for pitches, the evolving meaning of “moneyball,” phasing out Hall of Famers, and a modification to the infield fly rule. Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Lynch NYT obit Link to Uecker NYT obit Link to Uecker acting roles Link to Brown NYT obit Link to Brown AP obit Link to Brown SABR bio Link to Brown text interview Link to Brown audio interview Link to MLBTR on Brown Link to 1940s clippings on Brown Link to Ben’s Brown Twitter thread Link to The Athletic on Morii Link to Silver on breakouts Link to skeuomorph wiki Link to Detroiters on Netflix Link to Ben on Detroiters Link to Baker on LinkedIn Link to infield fly play Link to Strike Four Link to listener emails database Link to grumkins wiki Link to EW gift subscriptions  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Email Us: [email protected]  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Spotify Feed  Facebook Group  Bluesky Account  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source