Effectively Wild Episode 2175: Whose Foul Line is it Anyway?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ’s recent resurgence, then answer listener emails about what a dynastic team could do to avoid being widely hated, a mid-plate-appearance batting change, widening the foul lines to increase offense, whether reducing pitcher injuries would be worth bringing back pitcher hitting, the popularity of a perfect ump, the fairness of unintentional foul tips, and which Mario Kart power-up would be best in baseball, plus additional banter about the Angels’ surprisingly small post-Ohtani attendance drop and ((1:09:51) a Stat Blast (with Michael Mountain ) about championship win probability MVPs, combining regular-season and postseason stats, and more. Audio intro : Harold Walker, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Josh Busman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Vlad leaderboard Link to Ben on the Dodgers Link to Paine on the Giants Link to Ben on mid-PA changes Link to PH penalty post Link to foul lines article 1 Link to foul lines article 2 Link to foul lines article 3 Link to foul lines article 4 Link to foul lines article 5 Link to foul lines article 6 Link to foul lines article 7 Link to Ben on pitcher hitting 1 Link to Ben on pitcher hitting 2 Link to Hoberg EW segment Link to Mario Kart items Link to previous Mario question Link to Caldwell article 1 Link to Caldwell article 2 Link to listener emails database Link to Sam’s Angels tweets Link to team attendance changes Link to ESPN strength of schedule Link to Michael’s Stat Blast cover Link to Sam on postseason stats Link to Michael’s cWPA spreadsheet Link to yearly cWPA leaders Link to Kiner and Rickey article Link to Ben on Britton Link to Ben on pitch-clock history Link to 1970 GCL batting Link to 1970 GCL Pirates Link to Andino headshots Link to Curse of the Andino Link to Sam on single-play WAR 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