Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter in regards to the the right pluralization of “POBO,” then (7:12) reply listener emails about baseball with a five-second pitch clock, how lengthy followers will proceed to boo pickoff makes an attempt, what it will take for a workforce to pay a specific fan to attend (or not attend) its video games, Freddie Freeman’s base stealing, bringing turnovers to baseball, golf equipment that would obtain “perfectly average success” within the 30-team period, the boundaries of fan tolerance for playoff growth, a proposal for the postseason to be like faculty bowl season, boosting beginning pitchers with a “bullpen bank,” whether or not Harold Baines would’ve been higher off declining Cooperstown induction, Adam Wainwright and the Hall of Fame, and fan voting on Hall of Famers, plus a Stat Blast (1:30:13) about whether or not awards voting has gotten extra homogen(e)ous and carefully correlated with WAR.
Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to POBO pluralization alternate
Link to information on forming plurals
Link to pitch tempo leaderboard
Link to hurry chess wiki
Link to Episode 1453
Link to Tango on pickoff makes an attempt
Link to Bruce Chen’s pickoff makes an attempt
Link to Gonny Jomes wiki
Link to MLB Ballpark Pass-Port
Link to MLB Ballpark app
Link to Stathead on 1B SB
Link to FG submit on Freeman’s steals
Link to L.A. Times on Freeman’s 20–20
Link to graphic on Freeman’s 20–20–200
Link to Sam on Freeman’s enhancements
Link to NYT on O’Neill’s 20–20
Link to Stathead on oldest 20–20 guys
Link to Pujols steal streak video
Link to H-E-B wiki
Link to baseball exceptionalism wiki
Link to EW on batters catching pitches
Link to The Athletic fan survey outcomes
Link to NHL playoff format wiki
Link to playoff randomness by sport
Link to “paper champions” examine
Link to Ben on the SP protagonist
Link to Ben on pitcher limits
Link to @dril “turning a big dial” tweet
Link to newest Hall of Fame poll
Link to HoF tiers EW dialogue
Link to article on Baines induction
Link to Ben on Baines
Link to Jay Jaffe on Wainwright’s two hundredth
Link to Jay on HoF SP requirements
Link to EW episode 114
Link to HoF by election methodology
Link to Ben on Mauer’s candidacy
Link to EW emails database
Link to homogenous vs. homogeneous
Link to Kenny Jackelen on Twitter
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to B-Ref awards voting outcomes
Link to awards information, all years, with WAR
Link to awards information with calculations
Link to Ryan’s Stat Blast graphs
Link to focus ratio explainer
Link to HHI explainer
Link to SABR examine on WAR and awards
Link to win likelihood of scoring workforce
Link to Secret Santa sign-up sheet
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