Effectively Wild Episode 2521: Keep Your Eye on the Small Ball

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, please visit our Patreon. Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Chris Sale vs. Jacob Misiorowski matchup and how often anticipated pitching duels live up to the hype, a controversial fair/foul call and ball-tracking tech in baseball compared to other sports, and what stadium decibel levels say about whom baseball belongs to, then (57:26) answer listener emails about the AL MVP race, Brayan Bello’s bullpen turnaround, the highest-scoring game in which each run was driven in by a different batter, the potential downside of a closer entrance spectacle, the oldest player who could go yard in a home run derby, the value of freezing time on the field, a game between players dressed as their teams’ mascots, and what makes players fun. Audio intro: PJ Harding, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Sale vs. Miz article Link to Miz zone rate by month Link to Miz velo by month Link to Miz/Sánchez close call Link to Miz/Skenes close call Link to pitching leaders since 4/12 Link to Sale jersey article Link to Ben on Sale in 2018 Link to LaRoche retrospective Link to Alonso call article Link to Yankees booth’s reaction Link to Petriello tweet Link to Tango tweet 1 Link to Tango tweet 2 Link to baseball exceptionalism wiki Link to Kepner on baseball usage Link to NFL measurement tech Link to goal-line tech wiki Link to hockey tech article Link to FoxTrax wiki Link to NBA tech article 1 Link to NBA tech article 2 Link to soccer connected ball info Link to Miller/Grogu video Link to hippo talk episode Link to latest loudness article Link to loudness article 2 Link to loudness article 3 Link to loudness article 4 Link to loudness article 5 Link to loudness prompt Link to “Nothing Night” origin Link to FG WAR leaderboard Link to Bello SP/RP split Link to biggest SP/RP splits Link to 1-RBI-guys games Link to urinalysis info Link to Mariners derby article Link to Ichiro derby video Link to Clair on Appling Link to Ben on Ichiro homers Link to list of MLB mascots Link to McCutchen “furries” lore Link to listener emails database Link to MLBTR on Anderson Link to leaguewide games per year Link to Small Axe Studios news Link to Batman/Superman comic Link to comic heroes roster Link to Benge article 1 Link to Benge article 2 Sponsor Us on Patreon Give a Gift Subscription Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Effectively Wild Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki Apple Podcasts Feed Spotify Feed YouTube Playlist Facebook Group Bluesky Account Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Source