Effectively Wild Episode 1415: You Can’t Predict Baseball

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Bo Bichette fun facts vs. Travis Demeritte fun facts, Javier Báez batting left-handed against a position player and why the shift appears to be exempt from unwritten rules, and umpire perfect games, then (30:46) talk to The Athletic ’s New York Yankees beat writer Lindsey Adler about how to explain the team’s injury-riddled yet somehow ultra-successful season. Audio intro : The Pretenders, " Almost Perfect " Audio interstitial : James Brown, " I Refuse to Lose " Audio outro : Bing Crosby, " Out of Nowhere " Link to Bichette fun facts Link to story on Báez batting lefty Link to video of Báez batting lefty Link to diagram of shift on Báez Link to Sam on unwritten rules and the shift Link to Ben on umpire perfect games Link to story on compassionate umpires Link to Jay Jaffe on the Yankees Link to Mike Petriello on the Yankees Link to order 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