Effectively Wild Episode 1998: Congrats on the Paternity Leave

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a good time to be a Pirates fan, whether the red-hot Rays or the ice-cold A’s will regress more toward the mean over the rest of the season, Rob Manfred’s comments about A’s fans, Logan O’Hoppe’s injury and Brandon Marsh’s hot streak, whether Bryce Harper has Wolverine’s healing factor, a Byron Buxton catch-22, the Twins’ lack of stolen bases, rosin’s real effects, the early-season injury rate, and more. Then (1:00:20) they Stat Blast about the one pitcher who won’t let the pitch clock rush him, Mookie Betts and the latest-career starting-shortstop debuts, and MLB trends in paternity leave, plus (1:37:41) the surprising origin of “velocity” as an alternative term for “speed” in baseball, a Past Blast (1:45:22) from 1998, and a few follow-ups (1:48:42).

Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLBTR on Reynolds
Link to MLBTR on Shelton
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to MLBTR on Maggi
Link to CNN on Maggi
Link to old EW episode on Maggi
Link to “phantom ballplayer” wiki
Link to Maggi video
Link to worst season-starting run diff
Link to worst 23-game run diff
Link to best season-starting run diff
Link to best 23-game run diff
Link to Manfred on the A’s
Link to A’s attendance by year
Link to 1991 A’s payroll
Link to story on Lacob and the A’s
Link to Joe Pompliano on the A’s
Link to Sam Blum on O’Hoppe
Link to Jay Jaffe on O’Hoppe
Link to FG catcher depth charts
Link to story on Harper’s return
Link to Wolverine origin story
Link to Twins Daily on Buxton
Link to Buxton on DHing
Link to Buxton collision
Link to Birnbaum on the DH penalty
Link to Russell on the DH penalty
Link to BP on Rockies/Twins SB
Link to Gleeman on the Twins’ running
Link to MLBTR on pre-tacked balls
Link to Southern League pitcher tweet
Link to Laurila tweet
Link to rosin wars info
Link to Pages From Baseball’s Past
Link to Rob on rosin and spin
Link to Ben on sticky-stuff effects
Link to BP on early injuries
Link to Passan on early injuries
Link to new Topps NOW cards
Link to Topps NOW archive
Link to Isaac’s GitHub
Link to Gus’s GitHub
Link to 36-game sequences
Link to list of longest streaks
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to pitch tempo leaderboard
Link to pitch tempo spreadsheet
Link to Pivetta on the clock
Link to FG violations leaderboard
Link to FG post on Mookie
Link to story on Mookie’s SS debut
Link to Mookie’s SS dream
Link to most G before first SS start
Link to list without DH/PH/PR
Link to Kenny Jackelen on Twitter
Link to 1982 Evans article
Link to story on Martin’s debut
Link to paternity-leave data
Link to Murphy/Esiason story
Link to 2011 Lewis story
Link to 2011 paternity-leave story
Link to Jaffe on Muncy mashing
Link to 2019 article on paternity leave
Link to 2011 paternity-leave story
Link to 2022 paternity-leave story
Link to another paternity-leave story
Link to Carey Price on paternity leave
Link to speed vs. velocity
Link to speed vs. velocity sources
Link to 1998 Past Blast source
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Buxton/Twins win
Link to Reds mascots page
Link to “Honey Bun” lyrics
Link to Craig Edwards on relievers
Link to Ben Clemens on relievers
Link to dilly dally/lollygag

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