Effectively Wild Episode 1623: Robot Slumps
Episode description
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about how many negative WAR an average fan would be worth over a full MLB season, discuss an MLB fan survey, what they would want to ask fans, and how much MLB can actually improve baseball’s popularity, break down a baseball music video for “The Adults Are Talking” by The Strokes, and do a double Stat Blast about the longest spans covered by two overlapping MLB careers and whether batted balls that become doubles are different on the whole from batted balls that become triples.
Audio intro: The Strokes, "The Adults Are Talking"
Audio outro: Nada Surf, "Robot"
Link to Reddit thread about negative WAR
Link to Sam on playing in an MLB game
Link to MLB fan survey
Link to video for “The Adults Are Talking”
Link to Julian Casablancas on “Ode to the Mets”
Link to Stat Blast long-tenured duos data
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