Effectively Wild Episode 1490: Yeah Jeets

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller do a brief, spoiler-free followup on their Knives Out banter from the previous episode, then break down the elections of Derek Jeter and Larry Walker to the Hall of Fame, touching on the contrast between their voting trajectories, how and why Walker made it, the lone Jeter ballot holdout, the next sabermetric Cooperstown Cause célèbre, Scott Rolen vs. Omar Vizquel, the next few Hall of Fame ballots, and more. Then they banter about the Braves signing Marcell Ozuna and answer listener emails about the possibility of a player blackmailing a cheating team, whether sign stealing is more powerful than PEDs, when baseball becomes “history,” and why politicians so often bring up baseball, plus a Stat Blast about the Rockies’ pre-Walker Hall of Fame shutout. Audio intro: The Spinanes, "Fame and Fortune" Audio outro: Silver Jews, "Pet Politics" Link to Hall of Fame voting results Link to Baumann on Jeter and Walker Link to Stark on the Hall of Fame results Link to Ben Clemens on the Ozuna signing Link to Jay Jaffe on the sign-stealing and PED scandals Link to Ben on the statistical effects of steroids Link to story on when history ends Link to Bryan Curtis on baseball metaphors in politics Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source