Effectively Wild Episode 2199: A World Without Glove

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout ’s latest season-ending injury, the Orioles’ latest top-prospect promotion, and a tweak to the postseason schedule, and answer listener emails (24:20) about ex-player umpires, eavesdropping on pitchers’ thoughts between pitches, whether and how they’d reintroduce baseball to a world without it, awarding belts or trophies for team rivalries, the viability of a pitcher who can’t field, how a player could win MVP in both leagues in the same season, how MLB would work if it were Patreon-supported, how international soccer’s transfer system would apply to MLB, and referring to a type of player by saying “a [player name]”, plus (1:29:48) a few follow-ups. Audio intro : Ian Phillips, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Kite Person, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Jim Downey meme Link to The Athletic on Trout Link to MLB.com on Trout Link to Trout’s tweet Link to SuperPretzel EW episode Link to EW Trout hypotheticals Link to MLBTR on Mayo Link to postseason schedule Link to ex-player umps Link to Scully movie clip Link to mic’d up Manoah Link to Ben on Yesterday Link to Vedder Cup article Link to Mayor’s Trophy wiki Link to Babe Ruth Award wiki Link to Gary’s Old Towne Tavern Link to Sam on playing in a game Link to listener emails database Link to Snell quote Link to White Sox streak tweet Link to playoff ratios tweet 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