Effectively Wild Episode 1489: Let’s Create an Award by Ben Lindbergh January 20, 2020 Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about the symbolism of the baseball in Knives Out (beware of slight spoilers from 4:17 to 10:32), follow up on a few reader suggestions about outside hires who could clean up the Astros, and discuss the latest developments in the sign-stealing scandal, then try to invent a new end-of-season baseball award that could catch on in an era of advanced stats and award saturation, plus a postscript on a baseball reference in an episode of Sex and the City. Audio intro: Radiohead, "Knives Out" Audio outro: Fabolous (Feat. Pusha T), "Life is so Exciting" Link to info on the baseball in Knives Out Link to Sam’s article about the most exciting players Link to paper on WAR and MVP voting Link to Sam on WAR and Hall of Fame voting Link to article about advanced stats and Gold Glove voting Link to video of Sex and the City scene Link to order The MVP Machine iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com https://media.blubrry.com/effectively_wild/p/cdn-podcasts.fangraphs.com/EffectivelyWildEpisode1489.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS