Effectively Wild Episode 1994: Down Goes Dinger

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about an NPB matchup between Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, these aces’ present expertise ranges and MLB futures, how velocity has climbed in NPB in comparison with MLB, and the way stealing bases appears to be the one factor Shohei Ohtani (and, for that matter, Mike Trout) can’t do. Then (18:52) they observe up on earlier conversations about Cast Away, enjoying baseball on high of a tall constructing, and a pitcher who throws an unhittable pitch, focus on partial runs (26:53), a wierd MLB survey query (37:10), whether or not Rob Manfred is immediately primarily based (44:34), Jim Bowden’s pro-ownership stance (55:17), and why groups aren’t stealing third base extra typically (1:06:45), adopted by Stat Blasts (1:12:43) about probably the most first main league hits in a single recreation, groups with probably the most gamers who had profession years, the largest years for outstanding retirements at every place, and mascot clothes, plus a response to an assault on Rockies mascot Dinger (1:42:04), a Past Blast (1:48:04) from 1993, issues about ESPN micing up Martín Maldonado throughout a recreation (1:50:28), and some follow-ups (1:54:47).

Audio intro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Kelley Stoltz, “Memory Collector”

Link to Yamamoto/Sasaki story
Link to Yamamoto/Sasaki strains
Link to Yamamoto/Sasaki highlights
Link to DeltaGraphs NPB knowledge
Link to 0 SB gamers
Link to Sam Blum on Angels steals
Link to Sam Miller on Trout steals
Link to Ohtani “by the way” line
Link to Burj al-Arab tennis
Link to Tom Cruise climbing scene
Link to MLB survey screenshot
Link to Manfred on blackouts
Link to Bowden on opt-outs
Link to 2023 basestealing stats
Link to Petriello on basestealing
Link to Rob Mains on going for third
Link to Topps NOW playing cards
Link to information on Julien debut
Link to 1938 Feller recreation
Link to 1938 debuts recreation
Link to 1947 debuts recreation
Link to first-hits knowledge
Link to best-seasons knowledge
Link to best-seasons abstract
Link to player-retirements knowledge
Link to mascots survey
Link to Dinger assault video
Link to article on needed man
Link to Charmin’ bear advert
Link to Ben’s bidet article
Link to Abbott Elementary reference
Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter
Link to EW emails database
Link to Maldonado information
Link to Ben on in-game interviews
Link to Manoah video
Link to Cortes/Trevino video
Link to 1994 Past Blast supply
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Dinger arrest information
Link to Dinger summons