Effectively Wild Episode 2521: Keep Your Eye on the Small Ball

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Chris Sale vs. Jacob Misiorowski matchup and how often anticipated pitching duels live up to the hype, a controversial fair/foul call and ball-tracking tech in baseball compared to other sports, and what stadium decibel levels say about whom baseball belongs to, then (57:26) answer listener emails about the AL MVP race, Brayan Bello’s bullpen turnaround, the highest-scoring game in which each run was driven in by a different batter, the potential downside of a closer entrance spectacle, the oldest player who could go yard in a home run derby, the value of freezing time on the field, a game between players dressed as their teams’ mascots, and what makes players fun.

Audio intro: PJ Harding, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Sale vs. Miz article
Link to Miz zone rate by month
Link to Miz velo by month
Link to Miz/Sánchez close call
Link to Miz/Skenes close call
Link to pitching leaders since 4/12
Link to Sale jersey article
Link to Ben on Sale in 2018
Link to LaRoche retrospective
Link to Alonso call article
Link to Yankees booth’s reaction
Link to Petriello tweet
Link to Tango tweet 1
Link to Tango tweet 2
Link to baseball exceptionalism wiki
Link to Kepner on baseball usage
Link to NFL measurement tech
Link to goal-line tech wiki
Link to hockey tech article
Link to FoxTrax wiki
Link to NBA tech article 1
Link to NBA tech article 2
Link to soccer connected ball info
Link to Miller/Grogu video
Link to hippo talk episode
Link to latest loudness article
Link to loudness article 2
Link to loudness article 3
Link to loudness article 4
Link to loudness article 5
Link to loudness prompt
Link to “Nothing Night” origin
Link to FG WAR leaderboard
Link to Bello SP/RP split
Link to biggest SP/RP splits
Link to 1-RBI-guys games
Link to urinalysis info
Link to Mariners derby article
Link to Ichiro derby video
Link to Clair on Appling
Link to Ben on Ichiro homers
Link to list of MLB mascots
Link to McCutchen “furries” lore
Link to listener emails database
Link to MLBTR on Anderson
Link to leaguewide games per year
Link to Small Axe Studios news
Link to Batman/Superman comic
Link to comic heroes roster
Link to Benge article 1
Link to Benge article 2

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