Effectively Wild Episode 1966: Joe West, Young Man
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Effectively Wild listener/Patreon supporter Alana Crockett banter about Alana’s baseball background, pitcher representation in the MLB and MLBPA logos, and former umpire Joe West allegedly editing his own Wikipedia page, then (26:44) answer listener emails about a “cheap team tax” in trades, a pitching coach superpower, trading for the Rays’ front office, batters tossing the ball to themselves, a reboot of The Baseball Bunch, batters predicting pitch types, and called strikeouts on pitches straight down the middle, plus a Stat Blast (1:22:21) about Fernando Valenzuela and players with the best statistical cases to have their numbers retired, a Past Blast (1:47:21) from 1966, and a few follow-ups.
Audio intro: Cowboy Joe West, “Out at Home”
Audio outro: Mates of State, “Everyone Needs an Editor”
Link to new MLBPA logo
Link to MLB “duck” logo
Link to MLB logo origin story
Link to NBA logo origin story
Link to Joe West Reddit thread
Link to Joe West wiki
Link to Crewchief22 talk page
Link to Hershiser game box score
Link to Hershiser game video
Link to other Hershiser game video
Link to EW emails database
Link to SP/RP velo study
Link to exit velo breakdown
Link to The Baseball Bunch wiki
Link to The Baseball Bunch oral history
Link to story about other Gary Cohen
Link to other Cohen’s IMDb page
Link to LaRoche retrospective
Link to latest Votto video
Link to Votto’s top hat
Link to Trevino video
Link to Rob on the banging scheme
Link to the Nichols Law
Link to Harry’s game-calling study
Link to EW episode with Harry
Link to Cameron’s game-calling study
Link to EW episode with Cameron
Link to Cameron’s Guardians tweet
Link to catcher RDTD K leaders
Link to catcher fastball RDTD K leaders
Link to pitcher RDTD K leaders
Link to story on Valenzuela
Link to Stat Blast spreadsheet
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to list of retired numbers
Link to story on Dodgers candidates
Link to story on Garvey’s number
Link to story on Mussina’s number
Link to Berkman commercial
Link to 1963 Past Blast source
Link to CICL MLB alumni
Link to 1966 story source
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Nugget’s Instagram
Link to Reddit study on Klentak
Link to article on Earth’s core
Link to “Go west, young man” wiki
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