Effectively Wild Episode 1729: That’s Just Like, Your Opinion, Man

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about baseball (and steeplechase?) at the Olympics, then answer listener emails about teams intentionally drafting players they don’t intend to sign, Willy Adames as an NL MVP candidate, Dominic Smith and reverse platoon splits, secret ball-strike counts, and which is better (or worse), position-player pitchers or pitcher hitters, then meet major leaguers Shea Spitzbarth and Stephen Ridings and do a Stat Blast about Flood v. Kuhn and Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, the original Rememberer of Some Guys (plus a postscript about the life and death of legendary Astros ace J.R. Richard ). Audio intro : The Baseball Project, " Gratitude (For Curt Flood) " Audio outro : Joni Mitchell, " The Last Time I Saw Richard " Link to story about Olympic baseball Link to Tess Taruskin on prospects at the Olympics Link to steeplechase wiki Link to Devan Fink on the NL MVP race Link to research on reverse platoon splits Link to Sam Miller on abolishing the strike zone Link to Ben on pitcher hitters/position-player pitchers Link to Tribune-Review on Spitzbarth Link to Post-Gazette on Spitzbarth Link to Newsday on Ridings in 2021 Link to Newsday on Ridings in 2016 Link to WFAN on Ridings Link to story on Yankees’ three debuts Link to Ridings press conference video Link to story about Haverford’s baseball execs Link to Flood v. Kuhn wiki Link to Flood v. Kuhn opinion Link to SABR research on Flood v. Kuhn Link to Blackmun Stat Blast data Link to Cabell’s comments about Richard Link to MLB.com on Richard Link to Allen Barra on Richard 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