Effectively Wild Episode 2018: Commissioner Correspondence

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Patreon supporter Reggie Deal banter about Reggie’s background as a baseball fan and Effectively Wild listener, his e mail correspondence with MLB and Rob Manfred, accessibility points he’s encountered whereas following baseball as a blind particular person, and A’s followers’ upcoming “reverse boycott” occasion, then (22:25) reply listener emails about offended Aaron Boone incomes the Yankees extra favorable calls, MLB gamers offering in-game leisure, how totally different baseball could be if it have been extra like Wii Sports, Esteury Ruiz, Luis Arraez, and using a single standout ability to award consideration, ridiculously giant batting helmets, and which .500-ish crew is almost certainly to make the playoffs. Then (1:19:51) they Stat Blast about gamers who hit dwelling runs of dramatically differing lengths on the identical day, the longest crew streaks with out a left-on-left homer, and Anthony Rendon and different gamers whose groups hit higher with runners in scoring place after they have been within the lineup, plus a Past Blast (1:40:44) from 2018.

Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to story about radio and Audacy
Link to Reggie’s Manfred letter
Link to National Beep Baseball Association
Link to EW Beep Baseball interview
Link to Rooted in Oakland web site
Link to Rooted in Oakland tweet
Link to string on Yankees calls
Link to story on Boone’s ejections
Link to ejection charges over time
Link to supervisor ejection totals
Link to supervisor ejection charges
Link to EW Episode 1855
Link to Wii Sports baseball footage
Link to Robert Orr on Arraez
Link to Arraez at Baseball Savant
Link to AVG+ leaders
Link to Sam on Hamilton
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to listener emails database
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to Topps Now Cards
Link to Zavala’s two homers
Link to Aquino’s three homers
Link to Jay Cuda tweet
Link to L-L/R-R HR spreadsheet
Link to Nevin/Rendon article
Link to BA w/RISP spreadsheet
Link to Hulse’s fouls
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to 2018 Past Blast supply
Link to Nathanson’s web site
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Billy Joel’s “Pressure”

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