Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Shohei Ohtani is throwing too many sweepers to opposite-handed hitters, the MLB debut of flamethrowing Ben Joyce, the extreme walk/strikeout stylings of George Kirby and Spencer Strider, the states of the Central divisions, the offense and defense of Ke’Bryan Hayes, the return of Jon Singleton, whether the pitch clock is responsible for this season’s uptick in attendance, and the taken-for-granted greatness of Mookie Betts, answer listener emails about baseball’s version of a hockey goon, players singing during the seventh-inning stretch, and whether it would make umpires more accurate to give them a PitchCom device, plus a Past Blast (1:18:33) from 2015.
Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Ohtani sweeper RV vs. RHBLink to Ohtani sweeper RV vs. LHBLink to sweeper leaderboardLink to Ohtani pitch usageLink to SP sweeper usageLink to Ben C. on sweepersLink to Ohtani sweeper HR vs. LHBLink to Joyce’s debutLink to Joyce pitch speedsLink to story on Joyce’s record pitchLink to Strider/Kirby spreadsheetLink to Kirby command plotLink to Kirby fun factLink to Strider fun factLink to Herbstreit Reds Twitter warLink to Hayes’s defensive ratingsLink to Singleton on MLBTRLink to annual attendanceLink to 2023 team attendanceLink to spring ratings storyLink to early-season ratings storyLink to Ben on the pitch clockLink to Mookie gamerLink to FG WAR leaderboardLink to hockey enforcer wikiLink to Alberto singingLink to EW emails databaseLink to 2015 Past Blast sourceLink to other 2015 sourceLink to TORIIHTW book websiteLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s Substack
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