Effectively Wild Episode 1990: Week 1 Non-Overreactions

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether or not Ben ought to apply for a full-time job masking Shohei Ohtani, MLB in search of a pitch-clock sponsor, the brilliance of Sandy Alcantara, clock violations resulting in ejections, post-Opening Day call-ups for prime prospects (most notably Grayson Rodriguez), Alcantara in comparison with Jacob deGrom, the feud between Tyler O’Neill and Oli Marmol, whether or not groups in final place will keep there, early playoff odds modifications, neither overreacting nor underreacting to early-season stats, and extra, plus a Past Blast (1:18:31) from 1990.

Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: SAVAK, “Reaction”

Link to Ohtani job itemizing
Link to clock-sponsor story
Link to Ben on pitch-clock historical past
Link to Ben on Alcantara
Link to Machado ejection
Link to Anderson ejection
Link to Ohtani violations
Link to Ohtani and Hoberg
Link to Elias on Rodriguez
Link to Rodriguez debut video
Link to story on O’Neill and Marmol
Link to tweet about Bader/Marmol
Link to Ben C. on Ohtani’s stuff
Link to playoff odds modifications
Link to Joe Sheehan on stats thus far
Link to quotes about ball
Link to review on spring coaching stats
Link to Rob Arthur on batted balls
Link to James on signature significance
Link to “whelmed” quote
Link to 1990 Past Blast supply
Link to 1989 Hadley paper
Link to Sale scissors story
Link to Turn Ahead the Clock
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to pull dashboard

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