Effectively Wild Episode 1993: Break(out) the Cycle

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter concerning the scorching begin by Jarred Kelenic and when to imagine in a breakout, Jo Adell and the thriller of quadruple-A gamers, the chances of no Marlin hitting for the cycle till Luis Arraez did it this week, the Rays’ record-tying thirteenth straight win, new reviews about new guidelines, and extra. Then (51:12) they reply listener emails about the perfect city, non-ballpark setting for baseball, the MLB participant they might most wish to be stranded with on a desert island (with a digression on Matt Strahm and ballpark beer gross sales), a pitcher with one unhittable pitch per sport, and a black-box outfield, plus a Past Blast (1:26:19) from 1993.

Audio intro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Chicano Batman, “Cycles of Existential Rhyme”

Link to Kelenic homer
Link to Passan tweet
Link to article on Kelenic’s swing
Link to Verducci on Kelenic
Link to article on Adell
Link to Arraez cycle video
Link to cycles since 1993
Link to group cycles since ’93
Link to one-team cycle odds
Link to league-wide cycle odds
Link to Rays streak stats
Link to Springs damage story
Link to Rays rally
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to Baumann on Lodolo
Link to FG violations report
Link to new B-Ref guidelines report
Link to aircraft-carrier diagram
Link to aircraft-carrier derbies
Link to Mikolas lizard story
Link to AP story on beer gross sales
Link to Astros beer information
Link to Strahm feedback
Link to Manfred on concessions
Link to BA on concessions
Link to Crain’s on concessions
Link to Strahm’s YouTube channel
Link to EW emails database
Link to 1993 Past Blast supply
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack