Effectively Wild Episode 2317: Wake Up Babe (Ruth)
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout’s latest injury, Pete Alonso’s renaissance, a Daulton Varsho recovery catch, Andrés Muñoz the cat guy, and the called strike zone (sort of) shrinking. Then (40:49) they bring on top-tier Patreon supporter Carson Otter to talk about his background with baseball and the podcast, share his baseball-related work experience, and answer listener emails about home teams hiring umpires, the one Statcast stat about Babe Ruth they would want, and a way to extend a consecutive-games-played streak without playing.
Audio intro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to WhatIfSports offer page
Link to Ella Black series
Link to Ella Black event details
Link to Jay on Trout
Link to Blum on Trout
Link to Trout wOBA-xwOBA
Link to Trout hypotheticals
Link to The Athletic on Alonso
Link to Varsho play
Link to Varsho quote
Link to Muñoz story
Link to recent pets study
Link to The Athletic on the zone
Link to postseason HFA
Link to umpiring history
Link to EBUG history
Link to Ottavino on Ruth
Link to Ben on caliber of play
Link to Ripken injury info
Link to listener emails database
Link to Homestand
Link to “Wake up babe” meme
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