Effectively Wild Episode 2176: (Don’t) Do it Live!

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Bryce Harper pandering to Londoners, Kiké Hernández booting a ball during an in-game interview, banning player scouting cards to lower BABIP, the effect on home runs of widening the foul lines, Yusei Kikuchi , Tyler Soderstrom , and a foul-territory hypothetical, crediting managers for sacrificial ejections, Aaron Judge ’s scalding hot streak, Luis Gil performing like Gerrit Cole , the Yankees’ candlelit clubhouse, Matt Waldron as the small-sample best pitcher in baseball, the dynamic duo of Tarik Skubal and Cole Ragans , follow-ups about non-hated dynasties, the Angels’ resilient attendance, a mid-PA pitching change, and pterodactyls and dinosaurs, plus closing banter about Buster Olney’s hacked-Twitter Luis Robert Jr. trade rumors. Audio intro : Kite Person, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Gabriel-Ernest, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Harper pandering article Link to Harper’s slide Link to Harper’s bat Link to AP on Kiké’s interview Link to Roberts on the error Link to video of error Link to Ben on in-game interviews Link to Kikuchi collision Link to Servais ejection Link to Raley’s bunt Link to Raleigh’s slam Link to Episode 2033 Stat Blast Link to Judge leaderboard Link to rained-out stats Link to BP on Gil Link to Apstein on candles Link to Waldron leaderboard Link to pitching fWAR leaders Link to tweet about Boone mixup Link to Ben on mid-PA changes Link to pterosaur wiki Link to pterodacytl wiki Link to quetzalcoatlus wiki Link to grackle wiki Link to cassowary wiki Link to Olney article 1 Link to Olney article 2 Link to Olney article 3 Link to OF leaderboard 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