Effectively Wild Episode 1209: Stop, Pop, and Roll

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April 27, 2018

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Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan follow up on previous talk of triples, popups, and foul balls, then discuss Ronald Acuña’s big second game, the intriguing Oakland A’s, the new and maybe-improved Joey Gallo, the transformations of Didi Gregorius and Andrelton Simmons, the post-injury return of Jonny Venters, Clayton Kershaw vs. Trevor Richards and the biggest baseball upsets, Jarrod Dyson’s bases-loaded bunt, the Diamondbacks’ season-starting series winning streak, the Yankees’ ongoing dominance of the Twins, and more.

Audio intro: The Decemberists, "Make You Better"
Audio outro: Spoon, "The Underdog"

Link to thread with research about triples and homers
Link to Ben’s article on Didi and Andrelton
Link to Jeff’s Gallo post
Link to Jeff’s post about Dyson’s bunt

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Purplerobot
6 years ago

If any popular fangraphs team had a multi win disadvantage, you all would be saying “Well, Judge will struggle because of the hangover from Coors.”… But no, same old bias comment after bias comment on Rockies hitters away from Coors.

https://www.purplerow.com/2014/5/15/5712224/the-numbers-are-lying

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