Effectively Wild Episode 2051: Bunts and Balks and Passed Balls, Oh My

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how late it is in the season and a fan’s exuberant reaction to the only known unassisted outfield triple play in major or minor league history, answer listener emails (15:17) about Shohei Ohtani 2.0 and whether “bulk guys” could stave off extinction for 300-game winners, Stat Blast (38:11) about standings-related fun facts, precedents for the Mariners rapidly erasing a 10-game deficit in the AL West, team droughts in back-to-back-to-belly homers, non-All-Star MVPs, bunting by count, this season’s uptick in balks, Gunnar Henderson and the passing-up-the-cycle club, and a wild pitch/passed ball mystery, plus a Future Blast from 2051 (1:49:48) and a few follow-ups (1:52:30). Audio intro : Beatwriter, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Alex Ferrin, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to MLBTR on Brentz Link to Craig on the triple play Link to Pages From Baseball’s Past Link to ITYSL Link to Ringer ITYSL ranking Link to listener emails database Link to Sam on Ruth/Ohtani Link to story on Ohtani MRI Link to Ben on Yarbrough Link to “bulk guy” origin story Link to story on Verlander and 300 Link to Evan’s team streaks data Link to last-place NYY/NYM Link to thread on Yanks 10-loss streak Link to Ben on competitive balance Link to EW Episode 1354 Link to ALW division odds graph Link to 1982 Braves doc Link to team HR streaks data Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to Marlins 3-HR game Link to team 4-HR streaks Link to Ben on Padres stars Link to non-All-Star MVPs Link to bunt data Link to Belt bunt attempt Link to McGuire bunt Link to Grisham bunt attempt Link to Rojas bunt Link to team balk leaders Link to league balk totals Link to WP/PB/balks data Link to Rob Mains on ’88 balks Link to ’88 article on balks Link to 2023 article on balks Link to skipped cycles data Link to Henderson post Link to Henderson video Link to Henderson game story Link to story on Fuld Link to list of Gunnar games Link to 2001 Frye story Link to Frye tweet Link to Foxx’s cycle game Link to 1933 cycle citation Link to Ben on sticky stuff Link to WP/PB totals Link to Cooper on one-knee catching Link to Cooper on one-knee catching 2 Link to Cooper on one-knee catching 3 Link to WaPo on the 2022 ball Link to game-reenactment EW email Link to Russ Hodges call Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to Future Blast wiki Link to Strasburg salary report Link to Passan violations tweet 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