Effectively Wild Episode 1835: Junk in the Plunk

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about NPB phenom Roki Sasaki’s 19-strikeout perfect game for the Chiba Lotte Marines, the historic crop of prospect debuts in the first week of this MLB season, the unprecedented career-starting hot streak of (and long-term outlook for) Cleveland’s Steven Kwan, A’s catcher Sean Murphy’s butt photogenically taking one for the team, Alec Bohm and the Phillies’ bad-defense, good-offense approach, an exposé on the Pirates’ (lack of) spending, Reds ownership saying the quiet part loud, public funding for sports teams and supermarket congestion in Buffalo, Brett Phillips’ attempt to combat position-player-pitcher fatigue, early, inconclusive indications that the baseball may not be flying as far as before, and Kelsie Whitmore signing with an Atlantic League team, plus a Stat Blast (1:01:03) about Padres pitcher Tim Hill blowing back-to-back no-hitters, Ripper Collins claiming to have spoiled four no-hitters, and the hitters who actually broke up the most no-nos (followed by a few updates and postscripts).

Audio intro: A Tribe Called Quest, “Da Booty”
Audio outro: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, “Beautiful Steven”

Link to R.J. Anderson on Sasaki’s perfecto
Link to video of Sasaki’s 13 consecutive Ks
Link to highlights of Sasaki’s start
Link to best starts by Game Score
Link to Ben on top-prospect debuts
Link to viral Murphy HBP tweet
Link to Recker Facebook group
Link to video of Bohm errors
Link to video of Bohm comment
Link to story about Bohm
Link to Ryan Nelson’s tweet about Bohm
Link to video of ovation for Bohm
Link to Post-Gazette Pirates spending story
Link to Rob Mains on the Pirates
Link to new CBA’s revenue-sharing change
Link to Phil Castellini’s initial comments
Link to Castellini’s subsequent comments
Link to O’s statement about public funding
Link to statement about supermarkets
Link to Will Leitch on Buffalo’s stadium deal
Link to story about potential Nationals sale
Link to video of Phillips catch
Link to Twitter thread about the ball
Link to SI story about Whitmore
Link to MLBN Whitmore interview
Link to Ben’s old interview with Whitmore
Link to EW episode with Gauci
Link to Stathead
Link to Ripper Collins SABR bio
Link to Infinite Inning episode on Collins
Link to Collins Stat Blast data
Link to Stat Blast no-hitters data
Link to Mauer montage
Link to Kwan strikeouts story
Link to Madrigal strikeouts story
Link to video of Kwan’s almost-whiff
Link to photo of Manfred’s headphones gift
Link to 2015 MLB/Canada beer story
Link to 2018 MLB/Canada beer story

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