Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s memories of Ichiro and his sensational MLB debut, Ippei Mizuhara’s letter about his work with Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki’s dog, the misleading name of “Sluggball,” Jurickson Profar and the prospect of a Braves rebound, which players will get “shorter” thanks to the challenge system, two new rules changes, how the Dodgers will make innings meet, how to make 3B coaches more aggressive, “Tragedeigh,” and more.

Audio intro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ichiro’s first MLB hit
Link to Ben on Ichiro’s homers
Link to Ippei’s letter
Link to Ippei recording
Link to Roki’s dog
Link to dog tweet
Link to Dekopin meeting
Link to Slugball website
Link to Slugball article 1
Link to Slugball article 2
Link to Slugball article 3
Link to Sluggball video
Link to Petriello on Profar
Link to team WAR projections
Link to Rosenthal on Boras/Braves
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