Effectively Wild Episode 1861: I’m Not Maddon, I’m Just Disappointed

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Joe Maddon’s firing, the impact and end of the Angels’ 14-game losing streak, and whether the Angels or Phillies are in a worse position for the future, Tony La Russa’s intentional walk on a 1-2 count, whether the weather and the humidor can explain MLB’s sudden upticks in fly-ball distance and home-run rate, the testing of experimental, legalized sticky stuff in the minor leagues, Hunter Greene’ s rain-shortened run at a Statcast no-hitter, how the Cardinals and Rays played a nine-inning game in less than two hours, Joey Bart ’s demotion and the wide range in the performance of this season’s promoted top prospects, the return of Stephen Strasburg (sort of), an update on Cody Bellinger and Christian Yelich and observations about Alex Bregman , David Robertson , Sandy Alcantara , Willians Astudillo , and Tony Gonsolin and the Dodgers, the teaser for the latest TV adaptation of A League of Their Own , Angel Hernandez filing an appeal over his discrimination lawsuit, the Rays’ Pride Night debacle, a NYT crossword conflating plate appearances and at-bats, and pedantry about whether home-run hitters are actually on base, plus a Past Blast about 1861. Audio intro : Nick Lowe, “ 14 Days ” Audio outro : Imperial Teen, “ One Two ” Link to Jay Jaffe on Maddon Link to Sam Blum on Maddon Link to Rosenthal Q&A with Maddon Link to Ohtani’s streak-ending highlights Link to story about signature significance Link to James Fegan on La Russa Link to Ginny Searle on La Russa Link to Ben Clemens on La Russa Link to broadcast clip of La Russa IBB Link to La Russa explanation video Link to Seager 1-2 IBB Link to Trout 1-2 IBB Link to Ballpark Pal home-runs thread Link to Alan Nathan on Twitter Link to Mike Axisa on homers and Greene Link to Evan Drellich on MiLB sticky stuff Link to Sam on Statcast no-hitters Link to Greene’s batted balls allowed Link to short Rays-Cardinals game Link to MLB.com on McClanahan Link to pitcher pace leaderboard Link to Jay on Bart’s demotion Link to Ben on the minors-to-majors gap Link to MLB.com on Strasburg Link to David Laurila on Bregman Link to Ben on Longoria Link to Jay on Gonsolin Link to Astudillo scoring video Link to A League of Their Own teaser Link to story about Hernandez’s appeal Link to Hernandez at Umpire Scorecards Link to Ginny on the Rays Link to Emma’s crossword tweet Link to tweet about NL Central losing streak Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1861 story source Link to Cabrera’s spring hidden-ball trick 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