Effectively Wild Episode 1831: Where the Rubber Meets the Mound

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Jacob deGrom ’s latest injury, the White Sox-Dodgers trade involving Craig Kimbrel and AJ Pollock , umpires explaining replay reviews, “Home Run Derby X,” a lousy likeness of Derek Jeter , Yankees games on Amazon Prime and the continued splintering of baseball broadcasts, and an update about MLB’s official cerveza and official beer, then (39:43) bring on listener and Patreon supporter Stefan Lund to discuss his podcast-listening and baseball-loving origin stories and a confusing Shohei Ohtani reference on Billions and answer listener emails about the lack of captains in baseball, whether a reliever could still win a Cy Young or MVP award, how innings totals are displayed, what to call players who bat left-handed and throw right-handed, the Guardians’ new theme song, and how different baseball would be if the pitching rubber extended from foul line to foul line, plus a Stat Blast (1:41:51) about Albert Pujols , Oliver Marmol, and players who are older than their managers. Audio intro : Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, “ Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder ” Audio interstitial : Girlpool, “ Emily ” Audio outro : Colin Blunstone, “ This is Your Captain Calling ” Link to MLBTR on Pollock and Kimbrel Link to Ben Clemens on the CBA/CBT change Link to La Russa quote Link to umpires and replay story Link to Home Run Derby X video Link to Home Run Derby X explainer Link to Sam on home run derby Link to Jeter giveaway Link to Jeter’s HoF plaque Link to Ronaldo statue story Link to fresco restoration story Link to story about Yankees broadcasts Link to Ohtani/Trout/Watt photo Link to Bourcard Nesin on Twitter Link to Liquid Assets podcast Link to SBJ story on splitting sponsorships Link to 2015 story on US/Canada MLB sponsors Link to 2018 story on US/Canada MLB sponsors Link to 0-9 Twins/Braves EW episode Link to The Billions Companion on Doyle Ben on Billions dialogue Link to baseball captains wiki Link to hockey captains wiki Link to story about Belt being captain Link to THT story on L/R players Link to WSJ story on R/L players Link to THT story on R/L players Link to story about Guardians theme song Link to “We Are Cleveland” song Link to Twins fight song Link to “Get Metsmerized!” Link to manager/player-age Stat Blast data Link to Stefan’s Radke article Link to Sam on Radke Link to Aaron Gleeman on Radke Link to Russell on hitting and defense Link to AP story about minor leaguers 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