Effectively Wild Episode 1715: It’s Academic

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about passing the halfway point of the regular season, the early effects of the sticky-stuff crackdown, a historically high-scoring day, the white-hot Brewers (and Willy Adames ) and the red-hot Nationals (and Kyle Schwarber ), a Germán Márquez gem, and a study on how kids become fans that helps explain how Ben and Meg became co-hosts. Then they talk to two academics who have used baseball data to study psychology: Professor James Archsmith of the University of Maryland (33:37) on umpires and decision fatigue, and Professor Hengchen Dai of the UCLA Anderson School of Management (56:33) on midseason trades and performance resets (plus a postscript about foreign-substance beef between Josh Donaldson and Lucas Giolito ). Audio intro : Cheap Trick, " Hard to Tell " Audio interstitial 1 : Kelley Stoltz, " Decisions, Decisions " Audio interstitial 2 : Tri-State, " Start Again " Audio outro : Lucy Dacus, " Going Going Gone " Link to Jeff Sullivan on preseason projections Link to Jeff on predicting second-half records Link to Eno Sarris on sticky stuff Link to Rob Arthur on sticky stuff and the Dodgers Link to Ben on the PED era Link to Will Sammon on the Brewers Link to Brewers predicting a home run Link to Brewers predicting a comeback Link to Eric Cummings data on defensive turnarounds Link to Sam Miller on “True Wins” Link to study on age and fandom Link to Professor Archsmith’s website Link to paper on umpires and decision fatigue Link to study on umpires and air quality Link to article about umpires and air quality Link to study on umpires and racial discrimination Link to article about discriminatory umpires study Link to study on umpires and status bias Link to study on umpires and the Gambler’s Fallacy Link to Freakonomics on umps and the Gambler’s Fallacy Link to study on players and rational inattention Link to Rob on pitchers taking their time Link to Rob on hitters taking their time Link to Professor Dai’s website Link to study on trades and fresh starts Link to article about trades study Link to Donaldson/Giolito story 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