Effectively Wild Episode 1782: Six Plaque Confabs

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk to Adam Darowski , the baseball historian, Hall of Fame scholar, and Head of User Experience at Sports Reference , about working on the Baseball-Reference website, creating the Hall of Stats , the Hall of Stats vs. the Hall of Fame, the appeal of 19th-century baseball, the Hall of Fame elections of Buck O’Neil , Minnie Miñoso , Gil Hodges , Tony Oliva , Jim Kaat , and Bud Fowler , another near miss for Dick Allen , deserving candidates who weren’t on a ballot, the future of Cooperstown committees, ballot math, and more. Audio intro : Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, “ Tribal Statistics ” Audio outro : Whitney, “ Golden Days ” Link to the Hall of Stats Link to Hall of Fame announcement Link to Jay’s intro to the ballots Link to Jay Jaffe on the voting results Link to Adam’s Hall of Fame podcast Link to Joe Posnanski on ballot math Link to Posnanski on O’Neil’s election Link to Shakeia Taylor on O’Neil Link to Jay on Fowler Link to Jay on Dahlen and Reynolds Link to Jay on Kaat Link to Jay on Hodges Link to Jay on Oliva Link to Jay on Allen Link to Craig Wright on Miñoso Link to Wright on Freehan Link to 42 for 21 Committee Link to John Donaldson EW episode Link to Doc Adams EW episode Link to Ben on Baines Link to Effectively Wild Secret Santa Link to Stove League teaser video Link to Stove League review Link to stream Stove League via Kocowa Link to stream Stove League via Viki 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