Effectively Wild Episode 1831: Where the Rubber Meets the Mound

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Jacob deGrom’s newest harm, the White Sox-Dodgers commerce involving Craig Kimbrel and AJ Pollock, umpires explaining replay opinions, “Residence Run Derby X,” a awful likeness of Derek Jeter, Yankees video games on Amazon Prime and the continued splintering of baseball broadcasts, and an replace about MLB’s official cerveza and official beer, then (39:43) carry on listener and Patreon supporter Stefan Lund to debate his podcast-listening and baseball-loving origin tales and a complicated Shohei Ohtani reference on Billions and reply listener emails in regards to the lack of captains in baseball, whether or not a reliever might nonetheless win a Cy Younger or MVP award, how innings totals are displayed, what to name gamers who bat left-handed and throw right-handed, the Guardians’ new theme track, and the way completely different baseball can be if the pitching rubber prolonged from foul line to foul line, plus a Stat Blast (1:41:51) about Albert Pujols, Oliver Marmol, and gamers who’re older than their managers.

Audio intro: Frank Zappa and the Moms of Invention, “Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder”
Audio interstitial: Girlpool, “Emily”
Audio outro: Colin Blunstone, “This is Your Captain Calling”

Link to MLBTR on Pollock and Kimbrel
Link to Ben Clemens on the CBA/CBT change
Link to La Russa quote
Link to umpires and replay story
Link to Home Run Derby X video
Link to Home Run Derby X explainer
Link to Sam on home run derby
Link to Jeter giveaway
Link to Jeter’s HoF plaque
Link to Ronaldo statue story
Link to fresco restoration story
Link to story about Yankees broadcasts
Link to Ohtani/Trout/Watt photo
Link to Bourcard Nesin on Twitter
Link to Liquid Assets podcast
Link to SBJ story on splitting sponsorships
Link to 2015 story on US/Canada MLB sponsors
Link to 2018 story on US/Canada MLB sponsors
Link to 0-9 Twins/Braves EW episode
Link to The Billions Companion on Doyle
Ben on Billions dialogue
Link to baseball captains wiki
Link to hockey captains wiki
Link to story about Belt being captain
Link to THT story on L/R players
Link to WSJ story on R/L players
Link to THT story on R/L players
Link to story about Guardians theme song
Link to “We Are Cleveland” song
Link to Twins fight song
Link to “Get Metsmerized!”
Link to manager/player-age Stat Blast data
Link to Stefan’s Radke article
Link to Sam on Radke
Link to Aaron Gleeman on Radke
Link to Russell on hitting and defense
Link to AP story about minor leaguers