Effectively Wild Episode 2051: Bunts and Balks and Passed Balls, Oh My
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how late it is in the season and a fan’s exuberant reaction to the only known unassisted outfield triple play in major or minor league history, answer listener emails (15:17) about Shohei Ohtani 2.0 and whether “bulk guys” could stave off extinction for 300-game winners, Stat Blast (38:11) about standings-related fun facts, precedents for the Mariners rapidly erasing a 10-game deficit in the AL West, team droughts in back-to-back-to-belly homers, non-All-Star MVPs, bunting by count, this season’s uptick in balks, Gunnar Henderson and the passing-up-the-cycle club, and a wild pitch/passed ball mystery, plus a Future Blast from 2051 (1:49:48) and a few follow-ups (1:52:30).
Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to MLBTR on Brentz
Link to Craig on the triple play
Link to Pages From Baseball’s Past
Link to ITYSL
Link to Ringer ITYSL ranking
Link to listener emails database
Link to Sam on Ruth/Ohtani
Link to story on Ohtani MRI
Link to Ben on Yarbrough
Link to “bulk guy” origin story
Link to story on Verlander and 300
Link to Evan’s team streaks data
Link to last-place NYY/NYM
Link to thread on Yanks 10-loss streak
Link to Ben on competitive balance
Link to EW Episode 1354
Link to ALW division odds graph
Link to 1982 Braves doc
Link to team HR streaks data
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to Marlins 3-HR game
Link to team 4-HR streaks
Link to Ben on Padres stars
Link to non-All-Star MVPs
Link to bunt data
Link to Belt bunt attempt
Link to McGuire bunt
Link to Grisham bunt attempt
Link to Rojas bunt
Link to team balk leaders
Link to league balk totals
Link to WP/PB/balks data
Link to Rob Mains on ’88 balks
Link to ’88 article on balks
Link to 2023 article on balks
Link to skipped cycles data
Link to Henderson post
Link to Henderson video
Link to Henderson game story
Link to story on Fuld
Link to list of Gunnar games
Link to 2001 Frye story
Link to Frye tweet
Link to Foxx’s cycle game
Link to 1933 cycle citation
Link to Ben on sticky stuff
Link to WP/PB totals
Link to Cooper on one-knee catching
Link to Cooper on one-knee catching 2
Link to Cooper on one-knee catching 3
Link to WaPo on the 2022 ball
Link to game-reenactment EW email
Link to Russ Hodges call
Link to Rick Wilber’s website
Link to Future Blast wiki
Link to Strasburg salary report
Link to Passan violations tweet
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