Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about vagueposting screenshots of Baseball Savant percentiles, a Ron Darling comment during the Mets’ 12th consecutive loss about why pitchers shouldn’t apologize to batters for throwing inside, team-level changes in pitch usage and results this season, why MLB partly escaped the NBA’s tanking epidemic, why relievers are struggling so far, baseball parallels to track’s quest to produce lighter shoes, and an EW listener meetup tool (password: EW2026), then Stat Blast (1:25:12) about player home run totals that outstripped team win totals, winning streaks built from other teams’ losing streaks, and batting orders with jersey numbers that matched lineup slots, plus (1:39:40) a postscript.
Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Horny)”Audio outro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to vagueposting wikiLink to Buxton/McLean matchupLink to pitch before homerLink to home run pitchLink to Clemens on McLeanLink to Clemens on hard in, soft awayLink to Ben on the PiratesLink to Sawchik on the PiratesLink to THT on the PiratesLink to Dan S. on the MetsLink to SNY ritual clipLink to MLB.com on SNY ritualLink to Baumann on Lumineers curseLink to Mr. Met/Lumineers postLink to NYT on Mamdani curseLink to Rosenberg Mr. Met storyLink to team pitching changesLink to 2025 team FA%Link to 2026 team FA%Link to Senzatela pitch usageLink to pitch-type usage by yearLink to 2025 team Stuff+Link to 2026 team Stuff+Link to 2025 team contact%Link to 2026 team contact%Link to 2025 team pitching WARLink to 2026 team pitching WARLink to Sportico on NBA tankingLink to Gold Plan wikiLink to Gilbert “catch”Link to MLB.com on LeguminaLink to MLBTR on LeguminaLink to MLB SP statsLink to MLB RP statsLink to WSJ running shoes articleLink to Ben on MLB player improvementsLink to Cooper on fastball speedLink to fastball speed joke graphicLink to listener meetup tool (PW: EW2026)Link to meetup tool Reddit postLink to HR>wins spreadsheetLink to losing streaks spreadsheetLink to jersey=lineup slot dataLink to Kenny JackelenLink to listener emails databaseLink to streak-snapping Mets gamerLink to 1914 Federal League gameLink to 1991 Pirates-Cubs gameLink to 2011 Dodgers-Diamondbacks gameLink to 1952 Dodgers-Braves gameLink to 2017 Yankees-Rays gameLink to 1928 Cleveland-Detroit gameLink to 1923 Dodgers-Cardinals gameLink to 1934 Cardinals-Reds gameLink to 2004 Rangers-Tigers gameLink to 2019 Diamondbacks-Brewers gameLink to EW Episode 2405Link to Nimmo/Semien comparisonLink to Murakami homers fun factLink to Clemens on MurakamiLink to Kruk in a suitLink to Farley’s Matt Foley skitLink to Farley’s Kruk skitLink to Weaver post
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