Effectively Wild Episode 2059: The Bloom is Off the Bloom

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September 15, 2023

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the firing of Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and the extension of Nationals president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo, injuries to Max Scherzer and Sandy Alcantara and MLB’s UCL scourge, and a proposed tier system for the Hall of Fame and single-season awards, then Stat Blast (1:08:33) about Zack Greinke’s win-loss record, Matt Olson and players with more homers than their team has losses, the most team innings with a homer to start a game, two players 40 or older homering in the same game, walk-off balks, high-WAR seasons for multiple teams, and Ian Happ and the longest on-base streaks against a team, plus a Future Blast (1:38:32) from 2059 and a follow-up.

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

Link to Sox press release
Link to MLBTR on Bloom
Link to Alex Speier on Bloom
Link to Speier on Boston’s ’22 deadline
Link to story on Bloom and Dermody
Link to FG farm rankings
Link to FG payroll rankings
Link to MLBTR on Rizzo
Link to CBS Sports on Rizzo
Link to Rizzo on Strasburg
Link to Lerner’s Stras statement
Link to MASN agreement
Link to DiPuglia resignation story
Link to scout firings story
Link to Alcantara UCL story
Link to story on velo and UCLs
Link to Sam on UCLs
Link to Ben on pitcher limits
Link to Bill James answer
Link to Posnanski on James
Link to Topps Now
Link to Greinke W-L spreadsheet
Link to Paine on Greinke
Link to Jaffe/Laurila on Greinke
Link to starter run support
Link to EW 1855 Stat Blast
Link to Olson club sheet
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to team innings w/HR doc
Link to Ryan on 40+ HR hitters
Link to walk-off-balks sheet
Link to story on second WO balk
Link to Stat Blast on balks
Link to high-WAR multi-team seasons
Link to Drake EW interview
Link to story on Happ’s streak
Link to tweet about Happ’s streak
Link to info on DiMaggio scoring
Link to Sam on on-base streaks
Link to on-base-streak sheet
Link to on-base-in-starts streaks
Link to Rick Wilber’s website
Link to Future Blast wiki
Link to Edman article
Link to switch-SH sheet

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