Effectively Wild Episode 1895: Buggin’ Out

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Julio Rodríguez‘s advanced, long-term extension with the Mariners, which wild card contenders Meg is most anxious about as a Mariners fan, George Kirby’s game-starting strike streak and the character of a strike, the brand new CBA’s influence on midseason callups, and Bryce Harper’s return, observe up on MLB gamers taking part in KBO gamers, “defended” vs. “defensed,” Munetaka Murakami’s homers, and Yankee Stadium’s design, share a Previous Blast (43:17) from 1895, and replicate on the twentieth anniversary of the primary MLB recreation stream. Then (54:40) they speak to listener and broadcast designer/director Chris Hanel about his analysis into the pitch-speed flames and rating bugs on baseball broadcasts, the most important rating bug errors and disputes, how rating bugs have developed, one of the best and worst rating bugs, the way forward for rating bugs, and extra.

Audio intro: The Apples in Stereo, “Stream Running Over”
Audio interstitial: Bobbie Gentry, “Bugs”
Audio outro: Popsicle, “Join My Stream”

Link to Passan’s extension article
Link to Passan’s Twitter thread
Link to MLBTR on the extension
Link to Dan S. on the extension
Link to Stathead on 20/20 players
Link to Kirby strike-record data
Link to Stowers walk-off video
Link to Elias fact tweet
Link to CBA incentive details
Link to BP on the Cavalli callup
Link to tweet about Henderson
Link to info on the “Korea Series”
Link to Mark Simon on Walker
Link to Zach Buchanan on Walker
Link to Murakami tweet
Link to defended/defensed discussion
Link to story about streaming anniversary
Link to 2002 streaming screenshot
Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four
Link to 1895 story source
Link to Sam on the flames
Link to Chris’s flames grid
Link to Chris’s graphics sheet
Link to NPB graphics screenshot
Link to NPB graphics screenshot 2
Link to story on ESPN NFL graphics change
Link to MLB survey screenshot thread
Link to Chris’s score bug account
Link to Chris’s baseball account
Link to Chris’s company