Effectively Wild Episode 1924: Hot Tip

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the percentage of MLB fans who are paying close attention to the World Series, discuss the White Sox filling MLB’s last managerial vacancy by hiring Pedro Grifol (along with Charlie Montoyo as bench coach), and then reflect on a few aspects of Game 3 of the World Series, including Dusty Baker’s decision-making, the surprising postseason defensive success of Nick Castellanos, a pitch-tipping uproar, and more. After that (47:32), they mull over an Atlantic article about the impact of “Moneyballism” on baseball and American culture, note the record average fastball velocity and strikeout rate this postseason, Stat Blast (1:09:55) about how umpire accuracy affects offense (and what that might mean for a robo-ump-infused future), and close with a Past Blast from 1924 (1:24:35), plus a postscript about the Astros’ combined no-hitter in Game 4. Audio intro: Jack White, “A Tip From You to Me” Audio outro: Aimee Mann, “Momentum” Link to MLBTR on the Grifol hiring Link to MLBTR on the Montoyo hiring Link to Shakeia Taylor EW episode Link to study on manager demographics Link to Shakeia on manager demographics Link to Rob on manager demographics Link to James Wagner managers thread Link to Baumann on Game 3 Link to story about Baker and McCullers Link to story about Castellanos’s defense Link to clip of Harper and Bohm Link to Pedro on pitch-tipping Link to Rosenthal on pitch-tipping Link to The Atlantic article Link to Rany’s thread on the article Link to FG on postseason velo Link to BA on postseason velo Link to Passan on postseason velo Link to Ben Clemens on postseason Ks Link to umpire Stat Blast data Link to Lucas Apostoleris on Twitter Link to 1924 story source Link to story about Bohm comments Link to story about booing Santa Link to tweet about cheering Santa Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Link to Russell on momentum Link to Russell on momentum again Link to FG World Series odds  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