Effectively Wild Episode 2244: Their Name is Mud

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley follow up on previous banter about the best title for a president of both baseball and business operations, then deliver fresh banter about how Derrek Lee ’s 2005 RBI total was a sign of its time, where the Rays will play in 2025 and beyond, the Marlins’ new manager, and a slew of modest Angels signings. Then (48:02) they’re joined by UPenn professor and post-doctoral researcher, respectively, Douglas Jerolmack and Shravan Pradeep , to discuss their recent research about how the sport’s storied Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud works, its special qualities, whether it could or should be synthesized, and more. Audio intro : Luke Lillard, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Tom Rhoads, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Falvey news Link to worst leadoff tOPS+ Link to 2005 Cubs batting order splits Link to Dril tweet Link to MLBTR on the Rays in 2025 Link to more on 2025 Rays Link to Rays in 2028 Link to MLBTR on McCullough Link to Ben C. on d’Arnaud Link to guests’ research paper Link to Doug’s UPenn page Link to Shravan’s UPenn page Link to Shravan’s website Link to UPenn research summary Link to NYT research summary Link to PopSci research summary Link to NBC news research summary Link to rubbing mud wiki Link to GLP-1 origins Link to rubbing mud video Link to mud maker story 1 Link to mud maker story 2 Link to sticky synthesis story Link to Ben on sticky stuff 1 Link to Ben on sticky stuff 2 Link to schedule makers news Link to schedule makers video Sponsor Us on Patreon Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Spotify Feed Facebook Group Twitter Account Bluesky Account Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source