Effectively Wild Episode 2230: The Best-of-Seven (Stat Blasts) Series

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October 12, 2024

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about not sleeping on the less star-studded but still exciting AL Central Division Series, a David Fry prediction, the reliever familiarity effect, an abhorrent TV shot, the Yankees’ ALDS victory, when the Royals will return to October, the Braves firing a few coaches, the future of Tropicana Field, and how MLB will weather climate change. Then (1:00:24) Ben clears out a backlog of seven Stat Blasts, on: Jon Berti and starting at a position for the first time in the playoffs; Beau Brieske and equal counts of games started and finished; the evolution of position-player pitching; Aaron Judge and the most- and least-clutch hitters in the postseason relative to the regular season; Luis Tiant, Pete Rose, and the hitters and pitchers who played the longest at the same time without ever facing each other in the regular season; the Trajekt effect and a century of the times-through-the-order penalty; and the average length of playoff series; plus a postscript.

Audio intro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Fry prediction report
Link to observer effect wiki
Link to reliever familiarity effect info
Link to Trueblood on the effect
Link to TBS screenshot
Link to Defector on broadcasts
Link to Sheehan on Fry and K.C.
Link to FG preseason playoff odds
Link to article on Mahomes at ALDS
Link to best team offenses
Link to MLBTR on Atlanta firings
Link to Seitzer wiki
Link to The Athletic on the Trop
Link to ESPN on the Rays
Link to DRaysBay on ballparks
Link to Keyser on climate change
Link to story about Berti
Link to 2003 Cabrera article
Link to Cabrera 2003 RF game log
Link to GS=GF leaders
Link to Rob Mains on PPP 1
Link to Rob Mains on PPP 2
Link to Rob on PPP in September
Link to PPP velo by year
Link to Jeff on PPP BABIP
Link to PPP stats since 2008
Link to all pitchers stats since 2008
Link to PPP stats 2008-17
Link to all pitchers stats 2008-17
Link to PPP stats 2018-24
Link to all pitchers stats 2018-24
Link to FG postseason leaderboards
Link to postseason hitters, min. 50 PA
Link to postseason hitters data
Link to Ben on Reddick
Link to Ben on Yordan
Link to Tiant NYT obit
Link to Angell on Tiant
Link to Savannah Tiant hiring news
Link to Ben on Rose
Link to Mutombo obit
Link to no-matchup players
Link to no-matchup players, interleague
Link to ESPN on Trajekt
Link to EW Trajekt discussion
Link to Ben on pitching machines
Link to TTOP graph 1
Link to TTOP graph 2
Link to TTOP graph 3
Link to TTOP data 1
Link to TTOP data 2
Link to Mains on Smoltz
Link to Mains on past TTOP
Link to Mains on first-inning HFA
Link to all DS
Link to all LCS
Link to all WS
Link to Kenny Jackelen’s Twitter
Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter
Link to listener emails database
Link to Thomson and Thompson
Link to epenthesis wiki
Link to Wendy’s ad
Link to Lindbergh Burrito Method
Link to NJ/NY Gotham wiki
Link to NYCFC wiki
Link to first-night effect article

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