Effectively Wild Episode 1519: Fauxpening Day by Ben Lindbergh March 26, 2020 Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about which types of old games they would want to rewatch, Noah Syndergaard’s Tommy John surgery, and how short is too short for a regular season, then answer listener emails about whether the 2020 title will be tainted by a shortened season, whether MLB should skip the regular season and go straight to the playoffs or replace the standard playoff format with an extended tournament or bracket, whether great players should be allowed to pick a team for their farewell season, and whether MLB should try seven-inning games this season, plus a Stat Blast (with a special song) about the worst player to play in both his teens and his 40s and whether young playing time or old playing time is a better predictor of a Hall of Fame induction (and a postscript about Mike Trout’s golfing). Audio intro: Dan Bern, "Opening Day" Audio outro: Brittany Howard, "Short and Sweet" Link to info on Opening Day re-airings Link to Syndergaard injury post Link to story on Syndergaard wanting to throw harder Link to second story on Syndergaard wanting to throw harder Link to story on Syndergaard’s surgery Link to Sam on every team making the playoffs Link to EW episode about every team making the playoffs Link to Jayson Stark on short-season experiments Link to article on seven-inning games Link to Stat Blast covers competition Link to video of Trout’s drive Link to video of Trout’s chip shot Link to 2013 article on Trout’s golfing Link to 2017 article on Trout’s golfing Link to article on Trout’s hole-in-one 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/EffectivelyWildEpisode1519.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS