About this episode
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a recent uptick in base stealing and why Mike Trout ’s loyalty to the Angels is criticized more than it’s celebrated. Then (16:39) they’re joined by Patreon supporter Alex Levy to discuss Alex’s background as a podcast listener, baseball fan, and mail carrier and answer emails (43:49) about a Mario approach to chemistry in baseball, back-to-back homers, providing players with a destructible piece of equipment, probabilistic robo umps, umps as neutral (but not infallible) arbiters, and the correct pronunciation of “summer sausage.” Audio intro : Jonathan Crymes, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Woodward on SBs Link to Jaffe on home runs Link to first SB conversation Link to Ben’s preseason predictions Link to Rosenthal on Trout Link to Calcaterra on Trout Link to February EW on Trout Link to MLBTR on Buxton Link to Mario baseball game 1 Link to Mario baseball game 2 Link to “back-to-back” definition Link to Mackenzie tweets Link to Zimmer’s website Link to Zimmer’s WSJ column Link to compound stress rule Link to Youglish clips Link to compound stress PDF 1 Link to compound stress PDF 2 Link to Simpsons clip Link to listener emails database Link to Thistl Link to MLBTR on Arraez Link to MLBTR on Ruiz Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form 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