Effectively Wild Episode 1258: Slow-Pitch Baseball

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Ben’s introduction to climbing, a Mets-Phillies blowout, Scott Kingery ‘s slow pitches, Jacob deGrom ‘s run support, Jose Ureña ‘s suspension and how to punish hit by pitches, the Rangers’ odd triple play and the 2002 debut of Ron Wright , Matt Kemp ‘s slump, and an umpire’s rapid reaction, then answer listener emails about Mike Trout ’s value if he couldn’t slide, the ethics of using strategy in Little League, Kevin Gausman and the decline of pitching from the stretch, making rental-trade returns contingent on what happens after the trade, how to trade up from nothing to something (Dwight Schrute-style), and the job security of established GMs like Brian Cashman, plus a Stat Blast about the humidor-equipped Chase Field and teams that hit the ball harder at home or on the road. Audio intro : Aretha Franklin, " Think " Audio outro : Aretha Franklin, " Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time) " Link to Andrew McCutchen’s brawl recap Link to Scott Kingery’s slow pitch Link to Andrew Dominijanni’s slowest-possible-pitch trajectories Link to Mike Fast on the slowest possible pitch Link to Levi Weaver on the Rangers’ triple play Link to umpire bat-flip GIF Link to Jeff on the new Chase Field Link to Mike Petriello on Minute Maid Park Link to Jeff on the disappearing windup Link to Marc Carig on the Yankees’ clubhouse culture Link to Dan Szymborski on the decline of Kemp 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