Effectively Wild Episode 1899: The Crapper Flapper Wrapper Yapper

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a baseball (and softball) toilet flapper, discuss (13:32) the continued excellence of Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani (and the benefits of celebrating both instead of elevating one over the other), follow up on the Angels’ shutouts, Mike Trout’s post-injury rebound, the MLBPA’s effort to unionize minor leaguers (38:09), players whose homer totals matched their uniform numbers (46:25), César Hernández’s homers (47:38), Dallas Keuchel’s disastrous denouement (51:14), the Frontier League’s record-setting Empire State Greys (57:38), the variability of check-swing strike call rates (1:00:27), Yankee Stadium’s noise level (1:04:16), and a playoff-seeding quirk’s potential for tanking (1:13:05), followed by additional discussion on Zac Gallen’s scoreless streak (1:22:01) and Joe Maddon’s thoughts on analytics and managing (1:26:35), plus a Past Blast from 1899 (1:46:42) and a few closing thoughts (1:50:30). Audio intro: The Lumineers, “Flapper Girl” Audio outro: The Long Blondes, “You Could Have Both” Link to flapper wrapper photo Link to Korky flapper page Link to Hugh Laurie “Corky” montage Link to article on Clemens and Ohtani Link to article on Ohtani’s autograph Link to team shutout leaders Link to Russell on Ohtani’s WAR Link to final Frontier League standings Link to Greys interview episode Link to lowest pro winning percentages Link to Evan’s unionization update Link to list of highest ERAs (min. 60 IP) Link to Bill James on grounder longevity Link to Rob Neyer’s response to James Link to @would_it_dong for Hernández Link to video of Hernández’s HR Link to article on Hernández’s HR Link to Stat Blast on Hernández Link to Craig Finn tweet Link to Rob Mains on playoff seeding Link to Joe Sheehan on playoff seeding Link to Dan Szymborski on Gallen Link to Michael Ajeto on Gallen Link to team OAA leaderboard Link to “OAA behind pitcher” leaderboard Link to Maddon’s comments Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1899 story source Link to Richard Garner primate research Link to Barzun baseball essay  Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20)  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source