Effectively Wild Episode 1993: Break(out) the Cycle

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the hot start by Jarred Kelenic and when to believe in a breakout, Jo Adell and the mystery of quadruple-A players, the odds of no Marlin hitting for the cycle until Luis Arraez did it this week, the Rays’ record-tying 13th straight win, new reports about new rules, and more. Then (51:12) they answer listener emails about the best urban, non-ballpark setting for baseball, the MLB player they would most want to be stranded with on a desert island (with a digression on Matt Strahm and ballpark beer sales), a pitcher with one unhittable pitch per game, and a black-box outfield, plus a Past Blast (1:26:19) from 1993. Audio intro : Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Chicano Batman, “ Cycles of Existential Rhyme ” Link to Kelenic homer Link to Passan tweet Link to article on Kelenic’s swing Link to Verducci on Kelenic Link to article on Adell Link to Arraez cycle video Link to cycles since 1993 Link to team cycles since ’93 Link to one-team cycle odds Link to league-wide cycle odds Link to Rays streak stats Link to Springs injury story Link to Rays rally Link to FG playoff odds Link to Baumann on Lodolo Link to FG violations report Link to new B-Ref rules report Link to aircraft-carrier diagram Link to aircraft-carrier derbies Link to Mikolas lizard story Link to AP story on beer sales Link to Astros beer news Link to Strahm comments Link to Manfred on concessions Link to BA on concessions Link to Crain’s on concessions Link to Strahm’s YouTube channel Link to EW emails database Link to 1993 Past Blast source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Sponsor Us on Patreon 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