Effectively Wild Episode 1573: Make Some Noise

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’ s arm injury and his short- and long-term prospects as a two-way player, Mike Soroka and the ongoing pitcher-injury epidemic, the latest positive tests and player opt outs, Tigers reliever Tyler Alexander’ s record-setting nine consecutive strikeouts, Clayton Kershaw ’s comeback and other heartening news, MLB’s uptick in TV ratings, the strangeness of the standings, how long the regular season would have to last for MLB to give a green light to the playoffs, and robot umps coming to the KBO Futures League. Then (37:34) they talk to Senior Director of Seattle Mariners Productions Ben Mertens about how the Mariners manage fake crowd noise at T-Mobile Park, balancing boos and cheers, taunting opponents, the level of noise the players prefer, the construction of cardboard cutouts, the ballpark uncanny valley effect, and more. Audio intro : Budgie, " Forearm Smash " Audio interstitial : Death Cab for Cutie, " Fake Frowns " Audio outro : Ernest Tubb, " I’m With a Crowd but So Alone " Link to Ben on injured pitchers Link to Tony Wolfe on Alexander Link to article about TV ratings Link to article about KBO robot umps Link to Mariners Seat Fleet Link to article on MLB’s cheering app 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