Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how much dirt MLB players ingest in a season, the second-most-encouraging stat about Mike Trout’s season, Shohei Ohtani, Earl Webb, and the single-season doubles record, Cody Bellinger and whether the Cubs should pad the walls at Wrigley Field, whether replay review should privilege the call on the field, Matt Waldron’s knuckleball, the disparate seasons of Elly De La Cruz and Oneil Cruz, Francisco Lindor’s superstar status, José Ruiz’s pursuit of Ryan Webb’s record for games finished without a save, and Tigers broadcaster Jason Benetti’s request for a baseball plus/minus stat (and whether baseball would be better with more player-interaction effects).
Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to dirt-consumption infoLink to FG post on Trout’s runningLink to BP on Trout’s swingsLink to Trout’s pitch-type performanceLink to Trout’s plate-discipline statsLink to Trout’s sprint speedsLink to Posnanski on OhtaniLink to Webb SABR bioLink to Maris Jr. article 1Link to Maris Jr. article 2Link to Bellinger playLink to Bellinger quoteLink to Bellinger IL newsLink to MLBTR on BellingerLink to 1991 Wrigley padding articleLink to info on the ivyLink to info on Veeck’s roleLink to article on ReiserLink to second Reiser articleLink to ballpark homogenization infoLink to Adell playLink to Sheehan on replayLink to replay review rulesLink to Waldron articleLink to BP on Waldron’s latestLink to Ben on knuckleballsLink to Jannis EW appearanceLink to Lindor’s big gameLink to post-2020 hitter WARLink to Webb/Albers wikiLink to Webb/Ruiz leaderboardLink to plus/minus wikiLink to defense plus/minusLink to hockey plus/minus problemsLink to NBA plus/minus problemsLink to Russell on lineupsLink to Ben on batter vs. pitcher statsLink to catcher ERA articleLink to article on Jeter studiesLink to all-22 film infoLink to Jeff on time of possessionLink to ballpark meetup formsLink to meetup organizer form
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