Effectively Wild Episode 1859: Three Strikes and Burnout

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Yastrzemski trying the “KK play,” the distinctive smell of rat urine, Buck Showalter making a mid-PA pitching change, Dave Roberts running afoul of a position-player-pitcher rule, the wording of the zombie-runner rule, Nick Pivetta’ s near-miraculous mechanical adjustment, and Mike Trout ’s slump, plus a baseball-history fact from 1859. Then (38:54) they talk to former Phillies front-office executive Lewie Pollis about how working for an MLB team became his dream job and why, several years after fulfilling that dream, he decided to walk away from it by changing careers—a choice with wide-ranging lessons to offer about work-life balance in baseball and beyond (plus a postscript). Audio intro : The Walkmen, “ This Job is Killing Me ” Audio interstitial : Ramones, “ The Job That Ate My Brain ” Audio outro : Dan Bern, “ Burned Out Case ” Link to Yaz play video Link to play in full game highlights Link to story about the “KK play” Link to video of the “KK play” Link to posts about unwritten rules of deking Link to “rat urine” report Link to Ben on mid-PA pitching changes Link to Showalter pitching-change video Link to article about the pitching change Link to Mookie quote Link to article on Girardi’s “Strategy” Link to 2020 zombie-runner rule Link to article about Roberts’ confusion Link to 4/17 story on Pivetta’s mechanics Link to 4/20 story on Pivetta’s mechanics Link to other 4/20 story on Pivetta Link to story on Pivetta’s turnaround Link to EW episode about Trout going hitless Link to story about the Angels’ losing streak Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1859 story source Link to Lewie’s 2014 story on front-office pay Link to Lewie’s Baseball Prospectus archive Link to Lewie’s newsletter Link to Lewie on leaving his dream job Link to Lewie on the response to his essay Link to “Great Resignation” wiki Link to R.J. Anderson on MLB brain drain 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