Effectively Wild Episode 2323: Look Ma(scot), No Pants

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about listener suggestions for terms for tandem home run robberies (and the opposite of home run robberies), whether it’s so O’sver in Baltimore, Jacob deGrom succeeding despite slightly less dominant stuff, and the realness of the rivalries in MLB’s inaugural “Rivalry Weekend,” then (48:46) answer listener emails about awarding hit by pitches based on location, not contact, which player actually “starts the scoring,” whether defenders should save the ball from their first putout, a pitcher hitting month, and pantsless mascots, plus a postscript (1:38:32) on Ayami Sato, the first woman to play pro baseball in Canada. Audio intro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to WhatIfSports offer page Link to team wRC+ w/RISP Link to team batting Clutch Link to team wOBA-xwOBA Link to FG playoff odds Link to BaseRuns records Link to MLBTR on the O’s Link to deGrom FG post Link to Rivalry Weekend info Link to Vedder Cup story Link to Sam on the no-go zone Link to Rob Arthur on HBPs Link to Billy the Marlin pics Link to Billy video Link to Grant on mascots Link to listener emails database Link to Hang Up and Listen  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Give a Gift Subscription  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