Effectively Wild Episode 1931: Big Batters Don’t Cry

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about redefining the MVP award, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s unearthed baseball blogs, Billy Beane’s new role with the A’s, and the Braves’ spinoff from Liberty Media, plus a Past Blast from 1931. Then (30:27) they bring on listener and top-tier Patreon supporter Peter Bonney to discuss his baseball background and answer listener emails about baseball economics and the leaguewide effects of low-spending owners, an open-ended player to be named later, batters weeping intentionally, the art of arbitrary endpoints, PitchCom voice actors, how many MLB games are available via video, a team award for the regular season, how to order umpires by accuracy in the World Series, holistic Hall of Famers, and having to win three straight games to win the World Series. Audio intro : Night Beats, “ Crypt ” Audio interstitial : The Claudettes, “ Dozing in the Crypt ” Audio outro : The Mother Hips, “ Payroll Peter ” Link to AL MVP results Link to NL MVP results Link to The Ringer FTX explainer Link to Bloomberg on FTX Link to Milky Eggs on FTX Link to SBF’s baseball blog posts Link to SBF’s first post Link to SBF’s first pitcher-roles post Link to SBF’s second pitcher-roles post Link to SBF on fetishization of the old Link to Dave Cameron’s pitching post Link to SBF’s 2021 Twitter thread Link to story on FTX lawsuit Link to Ohtani/FTX press release Link to Manfred on FTX Link to MLBTR on Beane Link to Liberty Media announcement Link to Travis Sawchik on the Braves Link to 1931 story source Link to SABR on night baseball Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Link to Peter’s THT articles Link to Peter’s umpire presentation Link to Peter’s Fenway presentation Link to Peter’s company Link to Kwan on strikeouts Link to The Gist on polarization Link to Sawchik on PitchCom Link to Pujols homer reel Link to Dayn on a team award Link to the Stat Blast song Link to the EW emails database Link to Ryan Nelson’s MVP tweet Link to MLBTR on Bellinger 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