Effectively Wild Episode 2323: Look Ma(scot), No Pants

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May 17, 2025

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about listener suggestions for terms for tandem home run robberies (and the opposite of home run robberies), whether it’s so O’sver in Baltimore, Jacob deGrom succeeding despite slightly less dominant stuff, and the realness of the rivalries in MLB’s inaugural “Rivalry Weekend,” then (48:46) answer listener emails about awarding hit by pitches based on location, not contact, which player actually “starts the scoring,” whether defenders should save the ball from their first putout, a pitcher hitting month, and pantsless mascots, plus a postscript (1:38:32) on Ayami Sato, the first woman to play pro baseball in Canada.

Audio intro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”

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Link to team wRC+ w/RISP
Link to team batting Clutch
Link to team wOBA-xwOBA
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to BaseRuns records
Link to MLBTR on the O’s
Link to deGrom FG post
Link to Rivalry Weekend info
Link to Vedder Cup story
Link to Sam on the no-go zone
Link to Rob Arthur on HBPs
Link to Billy the Marlin pics
Link to Billy video
Link to Grant on mascots
Link to listener emails database
Link to Hang Up and Listen

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