Effectively Wild Episode 1075: Baseball Will Be Fine

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June 24, 2017

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Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about a non-revelatory tweet, cycles, Bryce Harper vs. Aaron Judge (and also vs. expectations), Jarrod Dyson’s homers and bunts, and Ben Davis’ 2001 bunt against Curt Schilling, then respond to Tom Verducci’s articles about baseball trends and explain why they aren’t worried about rising strikeout or home-run rates.

Audio intro: Ray Davies, "I’ve Heard That Beat Before"
Audio outro: The Zombies, "I Don’t Want to Worry"

Link to Ben’s article about baseball’s future

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JoserMember since 2021
7 years ago

As far outfield “holes” are concerned, you guys apparently never heard about one of the (many, many) quirks of the old Polo Grounds in New York? I first remember reading this as a quote from a ballplayer, but I don’t remember where; Wikipedia probably used the same source but unhelpfully doesn’t cite it:

The outfield sloped downward from the infield, and people in the dugouts often could only see the top half of the outfielders.

So perhaps that highschool field in Colorado is… an homage?

I’m sure Ben can dig up somebody who still remembers this. (Well, not literally dig up: we don’t need more zombie ballplayers, as we already have Jared Weaver and Bronson Arroyo)

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