Effectively Wild Episode 2466: Turn Off the Tap?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Kevin McGonigle’s new contract and whether pre-arbitration extensions are still team-friendly, Tatsuya Imai’s adjustment period, MLB’s average four-seam fastball velo nearing 95 mph, a new frontier in catcher’s interference calls, and whether a new challenge signal should replace the head/helmet tap, then (1:21:02) Stat Blast about a historic scoring day, games in which the score most often matched the inning, homering against all other teams while playing for one team (and the most homers without going deep twice against the same team), opposing pitchers catching pop-ups in the same game, driving in oneself and no one else, and season-starting streaks of games with a lead.

Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLBTR on McGonigle
Link to Paine on extensions 1
Link to Paine on extensions 2
Link to Ball on extensions
Link to Nightengale on extensions
Link to Rome on Imai
Link to Imai synopsis
Link to Rome on interpreters
Link to story on Duran incident
Link to Statcast velo by year
Link to Pitch Info velo by year
Link to Pitch Info info
Link to righty Statcast velo by year
Link to all-pitches velo by year
Link to Woodrum on velo
Link to Sam on flames
Link to EW on flames 1
Link to EW on flames 2
Link to Trueblood on fastball counts
Link to EW on CI
Link to 2024 CI totals
Link to 2025 CI totals
Link to Sam on the Meidroth CI
Link to Sam on the Cubs CI attempt
Link to Sam on swings and the CI
Link to Ohtani accidental challenge
Link to Chandler accidental challenge
Link to Rice accidental challenge
Link to 2025 Lee incident
Link to challenge rules
Link to volleyball challenge rules
Link to NHL officials wiki
Link to Crawford rehab update
Link to April 13 scores
Link to April 13 offense
Link to MLB batting stats pre-4/13
Link to MLB batting stats post-4/13
Link to Trout-Judge gamer
Link to score matching inning info
Link to homers vs. teams spreadsheet
Link to homers vs. distinct teams data
Link to pitcher pop-ups spreadsheet
Link to O’Neill’s OD HR streak
Link to team leads spreadsheet
Link to Sam on win expectancy
Link to listener emails database

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