Effectively Wild Episode 1364: Rounding Second and Heading for Home

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Johnny Cooney as the Vroom Vroom Guy, minor-league closer Dusten Knight’ s backflip save-celebration ritual, the extreme struggles of the Red Sox, and a new way to represent Willians Astudillo ’s success at making contact, then answer listener emails about umpires calling balls and strikes from second base and the most commonly known things about baseball, plus a Stat Blast about the disappearance of old pitchers. Audio intro : The Undertones, " Jump Boys " Audio outro : The Capes, " First Base " Link to backflip videos Link to Chapman somersault video Link to Jeff on classifying closer celebrations Link to Astudillo leaderboard Link to umpire-accuracy article Link to The Roots video Link to post on White Sox caps and hip-hop culture Link to piece on politicians’ baseball metaphors Link to Sam on a 50-inning game Link to Ben on early-season stat changes Link to preorder 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: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source