Effectively Wild Episode 2210: The Long and Shortstop of It

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about ad proliferation on podcasts and make a sheepish plea for listener support, then discuss the reversal of offensive fortunes for first basemen and shortstops and Oneil Cruz’s move to center field before following up (35:33) on the Mariners’ managerial hiring and the Selig Rule, a Rich Hill record (and dueling Hill fun facts), the effect of equidistant fences, Carlos Santana’s milestone ball, single-organization Futures Games, and broadcaster BSing, and then Stat Blasting (1:11:40) about Félix Hernández and high HR:hit ratios by bad hitters, Ernie Clement and high-pitch homers, mid-plate-appearance big-league debuts, and small-sample, leaguewide scoring fluctuations (and also semi-meeting major leaguers Ryan Zeferjahn, Jeff Criswell, and Brady Feigl).

Audio intro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”

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Link to McCartney lyrics pod
Link to Ben on HUAL
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Link to Kirschner on 1B
Link to Sherman on 1B
Link to Epstein on 1B
Link to Verducci on 1B
Link to Jaffe on 1B
Link to Keyser on DHs
Link to 1B/SS data
Link to B-Ref positional splits
Link to Dan S. on awards voting
Link to Haywood clip
Link to Andrews on Cruz
Link to MLB.com on Cruz
Link to Benz on Cruz
Link to Cruz defensive stats
Link to tallest shortstops
Link to MLB.com on the Selig Rule
Link to Taylor on manager diversity
Link to Ben C. on the fences
Link to EW Episode 2201
Link to EW Episode 2030
Link to Becker’s Hill tweet
Link to Browne’s Hill tweet
Link to Ben on ex-player GMs
Link to MLB.com Santana story
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Link to Futures at Fenway wiki
Link to Sox Prospects
Link to Royals-Chasers story
Link to Mays at Norfolk
Link to 2001 NYT story
Link to Tides-O’s exhibition
Link to Tides history
Link to Nats Futures Game news
Link to Nats Futures Game gamer
Link to Cruz fly ball
Link to Pirates radio clip
Link to Stat Blast song cover
Link to Félix slam video
Link to Félix Stathead query
Link to Gant article
Link to Gant/McDonald query
Link to high-pitch homers
Link to Kubel homer
Link to Higashioka homer
Link to Clement homer
Link to Zeferjahn debut clip
Link to Zeferjahn story 1
Link to Zeferjahn story 2
Link to Zeferjahn story 3
Link to Red Sox prospect rankings
Link to 1-pitch Ks
Link to EW Episode 2187
Link to Lovelace debut clip
Link to listener emails database
Link to official baseball rules
Link to Rule 9.16(h) 1
Link to Rule 9.16(h) 2
Link to at-bat rule
Link to MLBTR on Criswell
Link to Criswell game logs
Link to first Criswell game
Link to second Criswell game
Link to Rockies prospect ranking
Link to Feigl debut clip
Link to AP on Feigl’s debut
Link to Feigl wiki
Link to Lexington Legends wiki
Link to Legends rebranding story
Link to Legends re-rebranding story
Link to other Feigl retirement post
Link to Sheehan’s “Collapse” post
Link to offense fluctuations data
Link to latest six-day period
Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter
Link to Hill 2024 debut clip
Link to Rule 5.10(f)
Link to Rule 7.02(c) comment
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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