Effectively Wild Episode 2334: The Overshadowed Debuts

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about depictions of the pitch clock in popular media, how the lack of advancing visual fidelity in baseball broadcasts makes it harder to identify when clips come from (and other ways we might distinguish eras at a glance), Hunter Dobbins drama and why it’s harder than it used to be to fake a pro baseball career, a fan exchange program, and Jackson Jobe’s surgery (with a Jacksons update), plus Stat Blasts (1:16:57) about the longest team streaks of one-run outcomes, the ultimate vulture wins, game-winning RBI leaders, the longest-tenured lineups, and players who were overshadowed on the day they debuted. Audio intro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme 2” Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to info on internet outages Link to “Hometown Hero” wiki Link to “Hometown Hero” IMDb Link to ESPN on pitch clock drama Link to edited Trout vs. Ohtani Link to Trueblood on catching Link to initial Dobbins story Link to Sherman report Link to Dobbins response Link to more on Dobbins response Link to third Dobbins response story Link to Lance B-Ref page Link to Griffey explanation Link to Vladito on the Yankees Link to Big South League Link to Mizuhara story Link to Eric Adams story Link to Hill opt-out story Link to Toys movie Link to aircraft carrier derby Link to fan exchange post Link to MLBTR on Jobe Link to The Athletic on Jobe Link to one-run-wins streak Link to one-run-outcomes streak Link to one-run-losses streak Link to Lee/Gipson-Long game Link to Foulke game 1 Link to Santana game Link to Law game Link to Harvey game Link to Wilshere game Link to Knowles game Link to Moore game Link to Cup of Coffee Link to @ScoringChanges tweet 1 Link to @ScoringChanges tweet 2 Link to @ScoringChanges tweet 3 Link to GWRBI wiki Link to ’80s Mets wins ranking Link to career GWRBI leaders Link to single-season GWRBI leaders Link to longest-tenured lineups Link to Van Belle call-up Link to overshadowed debuts sheet 1 Link to overshadowed debuts sheet 2 Link to two Barrys game  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