Effectively Wild Episode 1740: Thumb WAR

Ben Lindbergh talks to Defector’s David Roth about the Mets’ freefall in the standings, the extremely Metsy controversy surrounding multiple players giving the thumbs down to fans, and how the franchise still practices Wilpon-era self-sabotage. Then (46:18) Ben “benters” with Ben Clemens from FanGraphs about the post-sticky-stuff collapse of demoted Cleveland closer James Karinchak, the continued success of aged ace Adam Wainwright, and the consistent kind-of-good-ness of the still-contending Cardinals. Lastly (1:27:08), Ben (the first one) Stat Blasts about the most runs scored in a game with no earned runs, the longest streaks of consecutive pinch hitters, and the most outs made with runners in scoring position. Audio intro: Dinosaur Jr., "Thumb" Audio interstitial: Semisonic, "Get a Grip" Audio outro: 2nd Grade, "Sucking the Thumb" Link to David on the Mets Link to Ray Ratto on Steve Cohen Link to Deesha Thosar on the thumbs Link to NL East playoff odds graph Link to BP IL Ledger Link to early Mets thumbs downs Link to Deesha on the Mets’ apologies Link to Alderson’s statement Link to fan stress study Link to Operation Shutdown retrospective Link to Defector birthday party Link to tweet about Bens on podcasts Link to reliever championship belt article Link to The Athletic on Karinchak Link to Defector on Karinchak’s Instagram Link to biggest in-season K rate drops Link to Devan Fink on Richards Link to Ben L. on post-sticky-stuff offense Link to Karinchak’s 4-seam spin by game Link to Patrick Dubuque on Miley Link to Ben Clemens on the Cardinals’ records Link to Ben Clemens on Wainwright Link to Nathan Grimm on Wainwright Link to Mike Petriello on Wainwright Link to Wainwright on sticky stuff Link to Cardinals defense by pitcher Link to Timothy Jackson on RPM losers Link to Rob Arthur on RPM losers Link to list of all-unearned-runs games Link to story on 1987 Petralli game Link to info on consecutive pinch hitters Link to article on 1979 Mauch game Link to story on 2016 Rockies/D-backs game Link to data on most team outs w/RISP Link to data on most team LOB  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