Effectively Wild Episode 2072: Can You Take Me Higher (or Lower)

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the career of the incomparable Bryce Harper , more “Attaboy” blowback, the end of the Phillies-Braves NLDS, scoring and competitiveness in the postseason as a whole, a Phillies homer-prediction contest, the pitch clock in the postseason, the Championship Series matchups, their most desired World Series matchups, why we say “balls and strikes” instead of “strikes and balls,” and more. Then (1:16:44) The Ringer ’s Zach Kram joins to Stat Blast about players who return from absences in October and how various rate stats differ between the regular season and postseason (plus an MLB/NBA playoff comp). Audio intro : Liz Panella, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Beatwriter, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to The Onion on Mr. Autumn Man Link to Verducci on Harper from 2009 Link to double-blow-dryer clip Link to Harper on pandering Link to Phillies as himbos Link to 2014 Harper overrated Link to 2015 Harper overrated Link to 2019 Harper overrated Link to Jake’s article Link to Rizzo comments Link to Rizzo apology Link to BBWAA statement Link to Jake’s thread Link to Bissinger/Leitch article Link to Baumann on NLDS Game 4 Link to Joe Sheehan on playoff scoring Link to Joe Posnanski on playoff scoring Link to Alex Eisert on playoff scoring Link to Defector on the Braves Link to Strider quote Link to bullpen prediction game Link to Dan S. on the ALCS Link to Schoenfield on the pitch clock Link to Petriello on the Phillies defense Link to Kram on upsets Link to article on balls/strikes in Japan Link to 1887 umpire indicator Link to 1886 umpire indicator Link to Ngram viewer results Link to paper on English binomials Link to Topps Now Link to Stubbs in overalls Link to long-layoff-players sheet Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to Pinch Thomas SABR bio Link to FG regular-season stats Link to FG postseason stats Link to HR reliance study Link to playoff randomness comparison Link to another randomness comparison 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