Effectively Wild Episode 1870: Please Don’t Put in the Newspaper That Manfred Got Mad

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the varying interpretations of Bobby Bonilla Day and what may be the last-ever Bruce Sutter Day, then (17:20) discuss what an expansive ESPN profile of Rob Manfred reveals about the MLB commissioner. After that (48:49), they answer listener emails about players jumping straight from college to the majors, whether a player who hit a lot of homers but little else would be playable, how many players would still be two-way players if the rules permitted nine designated hitters, and a chair for catchers. Finally (1:22:53), they Stat Blast about the players with the most unique uniform numbers and the most lopsided starting-pitcher matchups by win-loss record, plus (1:34:35) “fourth out” banter, a Past Blast from 1870, a call for listener testimonials, and a few followups. Audio intro : Etta James, “ Bobby is His Name ” Audio outro : The Hollies, “ Pay You Back With Interest ” Link to Planet Money on Bonilla Day Link to The Athletic on Sutter Link to thread about deferred payments Link to Torre on athletes going broke Link to ESPN profile of Manfred Link to Selig EW episode Link to @dril tweet Link to pitcher stuff aging curve Link to first dorm chair Link to second dorm chair Link to third dorm chair Link to Stathead Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter account Link to active uniform-number leaders Link to all-time uniform-number leaders Link to Petriello on George Brunet Link to Petriello on uniform-number value Link to winless vs. lossless SP data Link to winless vs. lossless record game Link to lopsided net W-L record data Link to earlier Stat Blast on SP W-L records Link to EW emails database Link to post on Nationals “fourth out” play Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1870 story source Link to CarShield tweet Link to Ward interview Link to John Poff’s fundraiser 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