Effectively Wild Episode 1654: Home Plate Rump

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about having baseball on the brain and the NL Central’s measly World Series odds, then answer listener emails about umpire underwear and repeated pants-splitting, an eccentric baseball billionaire who wants his son to break Cy Young’s career wins record, whether they would pitch a big-league game in exchange for Trevor Bauer ’s single-start salary, Nelson Cruz and the Hall of Fame character clause, what percentage of teams have a Hall of Famer, what Pirates fans can look forward to, whether time off in 2020 may help pitchers in the long run, whether Red Sox fans should heckle Manny Machado , and whether and why we’re seeing a golden age of shortstops, plus a Stat Blast about the Angels’ rotation and the other least productive positions on teams over the past five seasons. Audio intro : Pulp, " Underwear " Audio outro : Elvis Presley, " Patch it Up " Link to Ben Clemens on the playoff odds Link to 1936 Retrosheet pants-splitting play log Link to 1939 pants-splitting story Link to 1964 pants-splitting photo Link to 1966 pants-splitting story Link to 1974 pants-splitting story Link to 1976 pants-splitting story Link to 1988 pants-splitting story Link to 1990 pants-splitting story Link to Sam on being embarrassed in a game Link to Allan Travers SABR bio Link to Pedroia-Machado play Link to Grant Brisbee on Pedroia and Machado Link to Pedroia on the Machado slide Link to Travis Sawchik on the golden age of shortstops Link to Travis on the new shortstop power profile Link to Ben on the Infante signing Link to Stat Blast least productive positions data Link to Lindsey Adler on MLB’s new policies 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