Effectively Wild Episode 1700: Dirty Secrets and Naked Truths

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Javier Báez and Will Craig combining on a baffling blooper, a naked streaker seizing the moment during a rain delay at Nationals Park, Cardinals manager Mike Shildt’s objection to a foreign-substance inspection (and how MLB should respond), an update from New Era about its short-lived “Local Market” caps, and Francisco Lindor ’s protracted season-starting slump, then answer listener emails about legalizing sticky stuff for bad teams and whether umps would improve if they didn’t rotate around the field. Audio intro : Passenger, " The Wrong Direction " Audio outro : Teenage Fanclub, " I Need Direction " Link to video of Báez/Craig play Link to GIF breakdown of Báez/Craig play Link to Yakety Sax version of video Link to 2012 Astros play Link to Sam’s single-play breakdown Link to video of streaker Link to another video of streaker Link to still image of streaker Link to Shaker Samman on the streaker Link to story about banning fans Link to story about Shildt Link to video of Shildt ejection Link to video of Shildt’s comments Link to The Athletic on foreign substances Link to Ben on foreign substances Link to Tony Adams Bauer video Link to Patrick Dubuque on breaking the rules Link to EW episode on foreign substances Link to WaPo on the New Era caps Link to Lindor’s Baseball Savant page Link to Lindor’s worst 44-game stretches Link to Deesha Thosar on Lindor Link to Russell Carleton on changing positions 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