Effectively Wild Episode 2001: Open the Podcast Bay Doors, HAL

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the podcast’s naming conventions, the EW reverse jinx boosting Byron Buxton , the stress of observing Jacob deGrom’ s high-wire act, Drew Maggi ’s first major league hit (off of Hobie Harris !), high-scoring, high-altitude baseball in Mexico City, MLB editing (and later restoring) an A’s highlight, White Sox fan unrest, Jazz Chisholm Jr. being mic’d up on a broadcast while batting, the standouts toward the top of the combined WAR leaderboard one month into the season, and more, then (1:12:00) Stat Blast about the lowest-career-WAR players ever to lead a team in WAR in one season, the most players ever used in one game at each position, and how the pitch clock has made games not only much shorter, but also much less variable in duration, plus (1:41:32) a Past Blast from 2001 and a few follow-ups and closing thoughts (1:43:39). Audio intro : Guy Russo, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to deGrom injury info Link to Ben Clemens on deGrom Link to Maggi hits video Link to article on Maggi being optioned Link to Ben on baseball in Mexico City Link to Mexico City game stats Link to Susan’s humidor tweet Link to Susan’s Mexico City gamer Link to Susan’s Game 2 gamer Link to story about A’s fans Link to tweet about A’s highlight Link to Ben on in-game interviews Link to mic’d up Maldonado Link to White Sox fan rant Link to James Fegan on Sox fans Link to James on the Roberts benching Link to Jay on the White Sox Link to combined WAR leaderboard Link to article on Chapman’s defense Link to FG post on Cole Link to Cole’s Hicks reaction Link to Topps NOW cards Link to Episode 1952 Stat Blast Link to worst WAR leaders Link to most players at position links Link to Ben on the Waxahachie Swap Link to all-position players Link to Ben on game times Link to April 25 games Link to 1969 time-of-game article Link to 2001 Past Blast source Link to contraction plan details Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Twins HR celebration Link to Sam on WS dogpiles Link to Sam on walk-off celebrations Link to 2019 Nats celebrations Link to 2019 Nats article Link to 2023 HR celebrations Link to White Sox walk-off gamer Link to Passan division tweets Link to A’s walk-off gamer Link to A’s winless SP record Link to Ohtani homer Link to Cruz triple Link to CBA/start times thread 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