Effectively Wild Episode 1837: The Meatiest Meatball

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about an unlikely grand slam on a major meatball pitch and the hot start of Seiya Suzuki , then answer listener emails about how to make baseball sound most appealing, the effect of using different-colored balls to denote different pitch types, whether umpires would be better at calling balls and strikes if they had PitchCom devices, Yandy Díaz and what makes a player a “beef boy,” whether we need a new signal for replay review now that umpires don’t use over-the-ear headphones, a “Ruby Runner” award to recognize good baserunning, whether high roster turnover is an impediment to teams winning and fans following baseball, what the disparity between the biggest and smallest payrolls should be, the “90 records” supposedly set by Ty Cobb , and more. Audio intro : Ry Cooder, “ One Meat Ball ” Audio outro : The Nude Party, “ Records ” Link to results on 0-2 pitches Link to article about Heim grand slam Link to video of grand slam Link to video of Camarena homer Link to Jeff Sullivan on meatballs Link to Jay Jaffe on Suzuki Link to Ben Clemens on Kwan Link to video of moth in ump’s ear Link to story about moth in Holliday’s ear Link to video of moth in Simms’ ear Link to story about noise and PitchCom Link to story about Yandy’s training Link to story about NFL roster turnover Link to study on NBA roster turnover Link to NBA roster turnover stat Link to Rob Mains on MLB turnover Link to Ben on MLB roster turnover over time Link to Ben on roster complacency Link to Russell on roster turnover and chemistry Link to Travis tweet about payroll disparity Link to Travis story about payroll disparity Link to Rob on market size and winning Link to Rob on the CBT and competitive balance Link to Forbes MLB franchise values Link to Sportico MLB franchise values Link to Cobb obit Link to Cobb trivia quiz Link to Cobb trivia question Link to EW listener emails database 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