Effectively Wild Episode 2151: The MLB Reboot

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April 13, 2024

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the lack of an uptick in stolen bases this season, which of the teams that are off to surprisingly hot or cold starts has changed their minds the most, analogs to baseball’s epidemic of UCL tears in tennis and women’s soccer, whether MLB would/should allow a hypothetical UCL-strengthening steroid, and whether MLB will ever reboot its continuity, then Stat Blast (1:02:31) about players with inside-the-park homers and over-the-fence homers in the same game, games in which one team threw many pitches faster than its opponent’s fastest pitch, and the highest player winning percentages in starts.

Audio intro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ben C. on stolen bases
Link to birds and bees study
Link to playoff odds changes
Link to BaseRuns standings
Link to MLBTR on Schumaker option
Link to team defense projections
Link to Jontay Porter story
Link to NPR on tennis injuries
Link to WaPo on soccer injuries
Link to NYT on soccer injuries
Link to article on soccer cleats
Link to UEFA initiative
Link to artificial ligament wiki
Link to Mark McGwire comments
Link to Andy Pettitte comments
Link to EW on sports history authority
Link to comic-book reboots wiki
Link to EW on “modern era”
Link to AFI movies list wiki
Link to tweet about Babe Ruth’s wife
Link to EW listener emails database
Link to Garrett Krohn’s Stat Blast cover
Link to Langs tweet about Elly
Link to OptaSTATS tweet about Elly
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to inside-the-park graph 1
Link to inside-the-park graph 2
Link to Statcast Era both HR list
Link to both HR, both sides list
Link to story on Nimmo game
Link to inside-the-parker data
Link to both HR types leaderboard
Link to Lucas Apostoleris on Twitter
Link to Foley tweet
Link to lopsided team velos sheet
Link to player winning percentage sheet
Link to Craig Wright on Lou Klein
Link to Moonfall wiki
Link to add EW on YouTube Music
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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