Effectively Wild Episode 1835: Junk in the Plunk

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about NPB phenom Roki Sasaki’ s 19-strikeout perfect game for the Chiba Lotte Marines, the historic crop of prospect debuts in the first week of this MLB season, the unprecedented career-starting hot streak of (and long-term outlook for) Cleveland’s Steven Kwan , A’s catcher Sean Murphy ’s butt photogenically taking one for the team, Alec Bohm and the Phillies’ bad-defense, good-offense approach, an exposé on the Pirates’ (lack of) spending, Reds ownership saying the quiet part loud, public funding for sports teams and supermarket congestion in Buffalo, Brett Phillips’ attempt to combat position-player-pitcher fatigue, early, inconclusive indications that the baseball may not be flying as far as before, and Kelsie Whitmore signing with an Atlantic League team, plus a Stat Blast (1:01:03) about Padres pitcher Tim Hill blowing back-to-back no-hitters, Ripper Collins claiming to have spoiled four no-hitters, and the hitters who actually broke up the most no-nos (followed by a few updates and postscripts). Audio intro : A Tribe Called Quest, “ Da Booty ” Audio outro : Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, “ Beautiful Steven ” Link to R.J. Anderson on Sasaki’s perfecto Link to video of Sasaki’s 13 consecutive Ks Link to highlights of Sasaki’s start Link to best starts by Game Score Link to Ben on top-prospect debuts Link to viral Murphy HBP tweet Link to Recker Facebook group Link to video of Bohm errors Link to video of Bohm comment Link to story about Bohm Link to Ryan Nelson’s tweet about Bohm Link to video of ovation for Bohm Link to Post-Gazette Pirates spending story Link to Rob Mains on the Pirates Link to new CBA’s revenue-sharing change Link to Phil Castellini’s initial comments Link to Castellini’s subsequent comments Link to O’s statement about public funding Link to statement about supermarkets Link to Will Leitch on Buffalo’s stadium deal Link to story about potential Nationals sale Link to video of Phillips catch Link to Twitter thread about the ball Link to SI story about Whitmore Link to MLBN Whitmore interview Link to Ben’s old interview with Whitmore Link to EW episode with Gauci Link to Stathead Link to Ripper Collins SABR bio Link to Infinite Inning episode on Collins Link to Collins Stat Blast data Link to Stat Blast no-hitters data Link to Mauer montage Link to Kwan strikeouts story Link to Madrigal strikeouts story Link to video of Kwan’s almost-whiff Link to photo of Manfred’s headphones gift Link to 2015 MLB/Canada beer story Link to 2018 MLB/Canada beer story Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source