Effectively Wild Episode 1855: Glass Ass of Emotion

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley answer listener emails about why we don’t see more hidden-ball tricks in MLB, why big leaguers practice fielding grounders between innings, comparing the careers of Paul Goldschmidt and Freddie Freeman , how baseball broadcasts should discuss domestic-violence suspensions, whether Rickey Henderson would still have stolen bases if he’d been inflicted with Glass Ass Syndrome, and whether teams could get more favorable calls by riding umpires even harder than they already do, then (58:01) field “How can you not be pedantic about baseball?” questions about hometown discounts for players who aren’t native to a town, who qualifies as a “phenom,” and pitches “on the corner,” followed by (1:08:53) Stat Blasts about pitchers who’ve lost to every current franchise and how patterns of starter wins and losses have changed, how often game times exactly match game start times, and whether Roger Angell was right about a bet in 1975. Audio intro : Jim White, “ Smart-Ass Reply ” Audio outro : Beams, “ Break Glass ” Link to Double-A hidden-ball trick Link to Retrosheet list of hidden-ball tricks Link to MLB.com on Barrett Link to Finding the Hidden-Ball Trick Link to story on Goldschmidt’s 2013 nickname Link to SI on Rickey’s SB technique Link to first study on taking close pitches Link to second study on taking close pitches Link to pitcher leaderboard of teams lost to Link to SP decision rates by year Link to data on SP W/L correlations Link to game times matching start times Link to shortest game with matching times Link to longest game with matching times Link to list of longest regular-season games Link to FG Roger Angell reading recs post Link to Jay’s tribute to Angell Link to “Agincourt and After” Link to passage from “Agincourt and After” Link to historical data on the Angell bet Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to Stathead Link to EW listener emails database Link to TOOTBLAN glossary entry Link to FARTSLAM introduction Link to FARTSLAM discussion Link to FARTSLAM montage 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