Effectively Wild Episode 1368: Barehand Gab

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Rich Hill ‘s dominant rehab start, the most famous catches in history and Sam’s article about recreating Kevin Mitchell ’s barehand catch, their own best baseball plays, and when it becomes objectionable to sit a player who’s pursuing a single-season record, then answer listener emails about the entertainment value of high-strikeout teams, whether rebuilding teams should try to plan for forthcoming rules changes, how fast a pitch would have to be to knock over a catcher, and the pitchers with the most one-pitch outings, plus an email-inspired Stat Blast about teams with DHs who bat toward the bottom of the order (and why apparent positional trends are sometimes spurious). Audio intro : Billy Idol, " Catch My Fall " Audio outro : Super Furry Animals, " Show Your Hand " Link to story on Hill’s rehab start Link to Sam’s tweet about famous catches Link to Sam’s Mitchell article Link to Galvis catch Link to research on the value of a day off Link to Sam on third base as a power position Link to Dave on first base offense Link to dying DH post Link to Ben on why WAR always changes Link to David Kagan’s baseball physics site Link to Steve on unwritten-rules origins 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