Effectively Wild Episode 1731: In Good Standings

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their imperfections, follow up on flying horses, Justice Blackmun omitting Mel Ott from Flood vs. Kuhn, and a possible defense of pitcher hitters, then assess the state of the standings and playoff races, contemplate a position change for Fernando Tatis Jr., discuss the Field of Dreams Game, and consider a point in favor of robot umps and signs of spin-rate resurgence. Audio intro: David Bowie, "Win" Audio outro: Oh Pep!, "The Race" Link to article about how horses fly Link to article on Blackmun and Ott Link to Ben on pitcher hitters/position-player pitchers Link to post on Canseco pitching Link to video of Holt pitching Link to post on slowest possible pitches Link to thread on slowest possible pitches Link to FanGraphs Playoff Odds Link to Mike Petriello on the Mets’ offense Link to Petriello on the Jays’ offense Link to Justin Choi on the Jays Link to Rob Mains on team mobility Link to Rob Arthur on the absence of superteams Link to article on Tatis in the outfield Link to Field of Dreams episode Link to paper on umpire discrimination Link to thread about umpire discrimination Link to tweet about resurgent spin  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