About this episode
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the approving responses to Ben’s blistering (by Ben’s standards) Yankee Stadium review, Christian Walker ’s scale-breaking defense at first base, “defended” vs. “defensed,” the Dodgers’ historic run of regular-season success, and the battle between teammates Nolan Arenado and Paul Goldschmidt for NL MVP frontrunner status, followed by Stat Blasts (49:13) on the Yankees and slumping prospective playoff teams, teams whose players led their league in each type of hit, the biggest differentials in pitcher Game Score from one start to the next (against different teams and the same team), Lucas Giolito and the longest strings of starts with different numbers of earned runs allowed, and the most non-hit RBI to start a career, plus a Past Blast (1:11:56) from 1894. Audio intro : Super Furry Animals, “ Run! Christian, Run! ” Audio outro : Atomic Rooster, “ Never to Lose ” Link to first base OAA leaders Link to Petriello’s tweet Link to Mark Simon on Walker Link to Scoop leaders Link to Petriello on the Dodgers Link to Ben on the Dodgers in 2015 Link to Dan Szymborski on Bellinger Link to Angels lineup with Ford Link to info on MLB co-MVPs Link to Tyler Kepner on the Yankees Link to Jay Jaffe on the Yankees Link to Jay on playoff-team season ends Link to MLB.com on playoff-team season ends Link to Stathead Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to hottest team starts Link to playoff-team slumps Link to league hit leaders data Link to worst 2022 Game Scores Link to worst pre-2022 Game Scores Link to biggest Game Score swings Link to listener emails database Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four Link to 1894 story source 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