Effectively Wild Episode 1863: Belly to Bellyache

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about what it means to be humbled, whether Joe Maddon’s mohawk could have caught on and caused a Shohawk had he not been fired, another point about Aaron Judge ’s potentially historic home-run pace, a Byron Buxton fun fact, whether Buxton or Luis Arraez is a more entertaining hitter, Ozzie Albies’ fluky foot fracture, and a smart baserunning play by the Cardinals’ Nolan Gorman . Then (37:10) they answer listener emails about Pete Alonso ads for extended car warranties, Alejandro Kirk and the Blue Jays’ catching corps, line drives up the middle, whether the World Series winner is more likely to come out of either the AL East or NL West or the rest of baseball, and how splits by out count work, followed (1:16:19) by pedantic questions about swinging bunts, “contact hitting,” bloop hits, the baseball “diamond,” and “back-to-back-to-back” home runs, a Stat Blast (1:34:22) about power hitters who haven’t homered in consecutive plate appearances or at-bats, and a Past Blast (1:40:18) from 1863. Audio intro : Willie Nelson, “ Hard to Be Humble ” Audio outro : Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, “ Humble Me ” Link to Buxton fun fact article Link to Albies injury video Link to story about Albies foot fracture Link to Jay Jaffe on Atlanta’s streak Link to hamate-fracture study Link to second hamate-fracture study Link to later hamate-fracture study Link to video of Cardinals play Link to article on The Only Nolan Link to first Alonso ad Link to second Alonso ad Link to info on Alonso accident Link to Kershaw ad Link to article on 30 Rock joke rate Link to leaders in balls hit toward pitcher Link to leaders in straightaway liners Link to yearly BA on balls hit toward pitchers Link to yearly BA on straightaway grounders Link to 2022 catcher WAR leaders Link to 2022 team catcher WAR Link to Effectively Wild t-shirts Link to Giants shirts Link to Pham’s response Link to Stathead Link to new Stathead feature explainer Link to Stat Blast results list Link to article on Grace’s first slam Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1863 story source Link to Jeff Fogle on getaway days Link to Bill James on getaway days 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