Effectively Wild Episode 1890: You’re a Peach

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter a bit more about whether Dottie dropped the ball on purpose in the movie version of A League of Their Own , then discuss an Angels defensive meltdown, a vomiting Oakland Athletic, a Javier Báez bad-ball batted ball, Tony La Russa (and Bill Veeck) taking suggestions from the stands, the Mets’ promotion of Brett Baty , Francisco Lindor , Andrés Giménez , and the Lindor trade revisited, Walker Buehler’ s Tommy John surgery, Fernando Tatis Jr. ’s suspension, and the Rangers firing Chris Woodward and the dubious utility of one-run records in evaluating managers, then Stat Blast (51:34) about Drew Rasmussen and almost-perfect games versus nine-inning no-hitters and a Max Scherzer / Bryson Stott fun fact, share a Past Blast (1:04:01) from 1890, and talk (1:10:02) to Dr. Justine Siegal , trailblazing baseball coach, founder of Baseball For All , and Baseball Coordinator for the A League of Their Own TV reboot, about her work on the baseball scenes in the series and the progress of women in baseball. Audio intro : Tommy Roe, “ Dottie I Like It ” Audio interstitial : Neil Young, “ Field of Opportunity ” Audio outro : Tami Neilson, “ Green Peaches ” Link to info on Dottie debate Link to show creators’ comments Link to Dottie/Kit scene Link to A League of Their Own movie Link to A League of Their Own show Link to A League of Their Own trailer Link to video of Ohtani’s new pitch Link to thread of Angels plays Link to article on Angels plays Link to Angels fan reaction GIF Link to Julio’s almost-homer Link to Santana’s sunflower seeds Link to Ben on broken counts Link to Bois on broken counts Link to article on Bolt vomiting Link to Báez batted ball Link to La Russa video Link to info on Veeck’s stunt Link to MLBTR on Baty Link to Fabian Ardaya on Buehler Link to Dan S. on Tatis Link to Tatis Sr. tweet Link to other Tatis Sr. tweet Link to Tatis bobblehead tweet Link to Levi Weaver on Woodward Link to worst one-run records Link to Bill James on one-run records Link to Rob Mains on one-run records Link to Chris Jaffe’s managers book Link to Ben Clemens on Rasmussen Link to thread on perfectos vs. no-nos Link to Stathead Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to Scherzer fun fact tweet Link to Stathead on fourth time through Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1890 story source 1 Link to 1890 story source 2 Link to Atlas Obscura story Link to EW review of League Link to Justine’s website Link to Justine’s wiki Link to Baseball For All’s website Link to Maybelle Blair video Link to Outsports on Blair Link to The L.A. Times on Blair Link to MLB.com on Blair Link to Pitch coordinator episode Link to Twilight coordinator episode Link to watch party link 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