Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a report that Jerry Reinsdorf might be willing to sell the White Sox, then (13:22) discuss the tactics and storylines of ALCS and NLCS Game 2, including controversial Vogt decisions, how Yankees fans would perceive a pennant or championship, the importance of Max Muncy, visualizing success, Shohei Ohtani’s small-sample splits and playoff history, and more. After that (1:08:02), they answer listener emails about people who don’t know Ohtani can pitch, why some plays aren’t reviewable via replay, expanding the three-batter-minimum rule, and pedantry concerning squaring up foul balls, “taking a souvenir away” when robbing a homer, flying out sharply, and Canadian baseball-executive titles, plus a postscript featuring Ben’s daughter’s Effectively Wild debut (1:39:06).
Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes 2, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Reinsdorf report
Link to MLBTR on Reinsdorf
Link to Clemens on Vogt
Link to recent franchise sales
Link to more on recent sales
Link to playoff batting leaders
Link to Baumann on Ohtani splits
Link to Ohtani on the postseason story
Link to Ohtani on the postseason video
Link to Ohtani NPB postseason stats
Link to Ohtani New Balance ad 1
Link to Ohtani New Balance ad 2
Link to Buehler game story
Link to neighborhood play explainer
Link to replay review explainer
Link to McTaggart tweet
Link to squared-up-barrels rate
Link to squared-up-rate explainer
Link to Greene robbery video
Link to listener emails database
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