Effectively Wild Episode 2077: Now I’ve Seen Everything

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the end of the NLCS, discuss the discourse surrounding the improbability of and fallout from the Diamondbacks-Rangers World Series matchup, banter about the Brewers always losing in the playoffs to eventual pennant winners, preview the World Series, postulate a conspiracy surrounding this postseason’s lack of extra-inning games, and react to the Red Sox hiring ex-pitcher Craig Breslow as their new Chief Baseball Officer/POBO, then (54:14) Stat Blast about how the World Series and future postseasons might be swayed by a reliever familiarity effect that could counter the pitcher-usage changes caused by the times-through-the-order penalty and restore longer starts, including a chat (1:12:06) with reliever-familiarity-effect researcher Dr. David J. Gordon. Audio intro : Tom Rhoads, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Guy Russo, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Baumann on NLCS G7 Link to Ben C.’s Series preview Link to Ginny Searle’s Series preview Link to Neil Paine’s Series preview Link to MLB.com on Ginkel Link to Jay Jaffe on Scherzer Link to Leo Morgenstern on Semien Link to tweet about Brewers losses Link to MLBTR on Breslow Link to 2017 Breslow article Link to info on Eovaldi game Link to Topps Now Link to Cameron Grove EW episode Link to Cameron Grove tweet Link to Cameron Grove study Link to David Gordon study Link to Ben’s SP study Link to Ben on reliever familiarity Link to D-backs headlines wiki 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