Effectively Wild Episode 1701: Just Spitballing by Ben Lindbergh June 2, 2021 Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Luis Urías, the zombie runner, and walk-off wins, a few other aspects of the Will Craig/Javier Báez play, a new stat called the “Boner,” MLB and NFTs, Theo Epstein’s recent comments about making changes to the game, Shohei Ohtani’s player-page traffic and the future of two-way players, the Rays and Rich Hill, how the aftermath of the spitball ban relates to the future of foreign substance use, the definition of a “generational talent,” whether to credit teams or players for positioning, and whether MLB should ban in-game analytics use (and coaching visits), plus a Stat Blast about Trey Mancini and players who’ve accrued the highest-ever percentages of their teams’ runs and RBI. Audio intro: The Replacements, "Gary’s Got a Boner" Audio outro: David Newberry, "The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" Link to Brewers walk-off game story Link to Craig’s comment about his boner Link to Dan in Milwaukee’s field diagram Link to story about Gehrig NFT Link to story about Topps NFTs Link to story about NFTs’ environmental impact Link to Theo Epstein story Link to Ben on Ohtani Link to story about the spitball ban Link to Pages from Baseball’s Past Link to Servais “generational player” quote Link to Tango on sports generations Link to story about Joe West confiscating card Link to “lasers in the outfield” story Link to Stat Blast “Contribution Rate” data Link to Ben Clemens on Lindor Link to All-Star Game lawsuit story Link to second All-Star Game lawsuit story Link to listener David Newberry’s album 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/EffectivelyWildEpisode1701.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS