Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Game 3 of the ALCS and Game 4 of the NLCS, follow up (39:05) on replay review, fly-ball classifications, and executive titles, answer listener emails (53:22) about retiring numbers for both home and road teams and correctly labeling bat “flips,” and Stat Blast (1:03:46) about postseason despair, ball behavior, and roster turnover, plus (1:50:49) a postscript.

Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”

Link to FG playoff coverage
Link to Nol HR call
Link to triple HR prediction
Link to Giménez play
Link to 2016 NBA Finals wiki
Link to Jaffe on Smith
Link to Johansson hat
Link to xkcd comic
Link to listener emails database
Link to Bautista bat flip
Link to Playoff Despair Index data
Link to Sheehan on October offense
Link to Ben on the 2019 ball
Link to postseason SLG-xSLG

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