Effectively Wild Episode 2517: You Can’t Give Them Extra Outs

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about MLB franchise appreciation, Stat Blast about what the resurgence of three-inning saves and the expanding distribution of saves say about pitcher usage, and learn about a new baseball injury. Then (43:28) they bring on Lindsay Imber of Close Call Sports and the official scorer behind the MLB Scoring Changes account to explain the “fourth-out” rule that confused fans and players this week and to pick nits with the MLB rulebook. Finally (1:30:50), Ben brings back former major leaguer John Poff to read from his new book, reflect on his use of “greenies” and players’ political differences, and share a new fundraising initiative for the Standing Rock Reservation, followed (2:13:45) by a few updates.

Audio intro: The Spaghettis, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Yankees “capital infusion”
Link to story about Yankees valuation
Link to story about Lakers sale
Link to impending Padres sale
Link to FIFA takeover attempt
Link to Infantino wiki
Link to Littleton save
Link to save rule
Link to pope hat giveaway
Link to Latz stats
Link to Atlanta’s three-out savers
Link to data on three-out saves
Link to data on save-getters by season
Link to multi-inning RP outings data
Link to Herfindahl–Hirschman index wiki
Link to annual HHI data
Link to HHI graph
Link to Inverse Participation Ratio
Link to THT on three-inning saves
Link to SB Nation on three-inning saves
Link to Medium post on three-inning saves
Link to WSJ closers story
Link to Ben on saves slipping in 2017
Link to Betteridge’s law wiki
Link to parakeet bounceback news
Link to Goodhart’s law wiki
Link to league SP splits
Link to league RP splits
Link to FG post on Goodhart’s law
Link to other FG post on Goodhart’s law
Link to Arrigheti report
Link to more on Arrigheti
Link to Morton’s neuroma wiki
Link to Morton’s neuroma causes
Link to Mayo Clinic on Morton’s neuroma
Link to more on Morton’s neuroma
Link to even more on Morton’s neuroma
Link to Ben on the 2015 ALDS game
Link to Ben on confused counts
Link to @ScoringChanges
Link to @ScoringChanges fourth-out tweet
Link to @CloseCallSports
Link to Close Call Sports website
Link to Close Call Sports YouTube channel
Link to Lindsay wiki
Link to Lindsay’s fourth-out video
Link to Lindsay’s Sale video
Link to Lindsay’s Wheeler video
Link to fourth out wiki
Link to fourth-out story 1
Link to fourth-out story 2
Link to SABR on fourth outs
Link to The Athletic fourth-out explainer
Link to Bois on balks
Link to Sam on balks
Link to xkcd comic
Link to Schneider quote
Link to 2016 Schneider game
Link to Strike Four
Link to Poff Stat Blast
Link to first Poff appearance
Link to second Poff appearance
Link to Halls of Fame discussion
Link to Poff’s first Hall of Fame
Link to Poff’s second Hall of Fame
Link to Poff’s book
Link to Carlin routine
Link to baseball exceptionalism wiki
Link to greenies info
Link to Ben on PEDs and the ball
Link to “Buffalo Bill ‘s” poem
Link to Standing Rock wiki
Link to Gilbert Kills Pretty Enemy art
Link to John’s fundraiser
Link to Scherzer’s piano-playing
Link to Kendrick cameo story
Link to Skenes velo graph
Link to Skenes game story
Link to Liquid I.V. powder
Link to Rocker pickle-juice game
Link to Stanton yoga report
Link to Foulke wife tweet
Link to Foulke firing report

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