Effectively Wild Episode 1819: The Underground Baserunner

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley answer listener emails about shortening the regular season, whether baserunners could tunnel under the basepaths, creating a fictional top prospect, whether umpires expanding and contracting the strike zone lengthens games, where the Hall of Fame should have been located, aesthetically pleasing pitching motions, and whether Statcast could improve the fan experience at the ballpark, plus a Stat Blast (1:02:54) about the minor league affiliates with the longest streaks of sending an alum to the World Series, a Ukraine edition of Meet a Major Leaguer featuring Izzy Goldstein (1:13:01), and a few closing lockout thoughts. Audio intro : The Frames, “ The Stars Are Underground ” Audio outro : Bee Gees, “ Odessa (City on the Black Sea) ” Link to MLBPA donation tweet Link to mole eyesight info Link to Sam on the pit Link to Toe Nash story Link to Sidd Finch story Link to Tigers impostor story Link to story on umpire zones Link to Ben on robo zones Link to story on metaverse Truist Park Link to Lilly video Link to Jeff on the windup’s decline Link to lefty familiarity piece Link to sweet-swinging lefties piece Link to Stat Blast data Link to Isaac Johnston’s thesis Link to Goldstein SABR bio Link to Jewish Baseball Museum page Link to Odessa Twitter thread Link to Bill Cristal B-Ref page Link to Reuben Ewing B-Ref page Link to Goldstein B-Ref page Link to Ukraine charities Link to more Ukraine donation options Link to third Ukraine donation site 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