Effectively Wild Episode 1852: Roger, Over and Out

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley pay tribute (for the umpteenth time) to the great Roger Angell, who died at 101 on Friday, then banter about which underperforming hitters are most in need of the kind of breakout game that slow-starting Trevor Story had this week. After that (21:41), they bring on listener and top-tier Patreon supporter Aaron Hartman to discuss his Effectively Wild, baseball, and betting origin stories, answer listener emails about umpire punch-out calls in the robo-umps era, quantifying clutchness at lower levels, and the most tortured fan bases in MLB, then (1:00:09) do a “How can you not be pedantic about baseball?” segment on ground-rule doubles, the infield “corners,” “scoreless” games, postseason stats, and walk-offs, and Stat Blast (1:26:10) about Mike Clevinger and pitchers facing players they were traded for, the longest strings of identical plate appearances for back-to-back batters, and the pitchers most helped or hurt by their bullpen support. Audio intro : Neil Young, “ Roger and Out ” Audio outro : Band of Horses, “ Heartbreak on the 101 ” Link to New Yorker Angell obit Link to NYT Angell obit Link to Angell SABR bio Link to Tom Verducci Angell profile Link to EW episode on Angell’s centennial Link to centennial episode transcript Link to Angell book interview episode Link to Angell mentions on the EW wiki Link to Patrick Dubuque on Story Link to MLB.com on Story Link to Robert Orr on Semien Link to MLB.com on Gorman and Liberatore Link to news about the Cardinals’ callups Link to BP on Gorman Link to BP on Liberatore Link to article on debut dates for HoFers Link to ground-rule double info Link to MLB ground rules Link to William Safire on walk-offs Link to etymology of walk-off homers Link to 2021 MLB walk-off montage Link to EW email questions database Link to Stathead Link to player pairs with same 4 on-base events Link to Duck Soup mirror scene Link to rate of multi-player trades by decade Link to Ben on pitchers vs. ex-catchers Link to Stat Blast data on inherited runners Link to Aaron’s Instagram Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to article on trendiest names Link to baby-name comparison tool Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source