Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast - Effectively Wild Episode 1697: Don’t Blame the Batters

Effectively Wild Episode 1697: Don’t Blame the Batters

05/21/21 • 78 min

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Shohei Ohtani stalker cam on Japanese telecasts of Angels games, the Low-A Palm Beach Cardinals facing Jacob deGrom, why this season’s no-hitters have all been so dominant, and why it doesn’t make sense to hold hitters responsible for strikeouts and low batting averages. Then they do a [...]

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