Effectively Wild Episode 2317: Wake Up Babe (Ruth)

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout’ s latest injury, Pete Alonso ’s renaissance, a Daulton Varsho recovery catch, Andrés Muñoz the cat guy, and the called strike zone (sort of) shrinking. Then (40:49) they bring on top-tier Patreon supporter Carson Otter to talk about his background with baseball and the podcast, share his baseball-related work experience, and answer listener emails about home teams hiring umpires, the one Statcast stat about Babe Ruth they would want, and a way to extend a consecutive-games-played streak without playing. Audio intro : Cory Brent, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio interstitial : Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Beatwriter, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to WhatIfSports offer page Link to Ella Black series Link to Ella Black event details Link to Jay on Trout Link to Blum on Trout Link to Trout wOBA-xwOBA Link to Trout hypotheticals Link to The Athletic on Alonso Link to Varsho play Link to Varsho quote Link to Muñoz story Link to recent pets study Link to The Athletic on the zone Link to postseason HFA Link to umpiring history Link to EBUG history Link to Ottavino on Ruth Link to Ben on caliber of play Link to Ripken injury info Link to listener emails database Link to Homestand Link to “Wake up babe” meme Sponsor Us on Patreon Give a Gift Subscription Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Spotify Feed Facebook Group Bluesky Account Twitter Account Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source