Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the career of the incomparable Bryce Harper, more “Attaboy” blowback, the end of the Phillies-Braves NLDS, scoring and competitiveness in the postseason as a whole, a Phillies homer-prediction contest, the pitch clock in the postseason, the Championship Series matchups, their most desired World Series matchups, why we say “balls and strikes” instead of “strikes and balls,” and more. Then (1:16:46) The Ringer’s Zach Kram joins to Stat Blast about players who return from absences in October and how various rate stats differ between the regular season and postseason (plus an MLB/NBA playoff comp).
Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to The Onion on Mr. Autumn Man
Link to Verducci on Harper from 2009
Link to double-blow-dryer clip
Link to Harper on pandering
Link to Phillies as himbos
Link to 2014 Harper overrated
Link to 2015 Harper overrated
Link to 2019 Harper overrated
Link to Jake’s article
Link to Rizzo comments
Link to Rizzo apology
Link to BBWAA statement
Link to Jake’s thread
Link to Bissinger/Leitch article
Link to Baumann on NLDS Game 4
Link to Joe Sheehan on playoff scoring
Link to Joe Posnanski on playoff scoring
Link to Alex Eisert on playoff scoring
Link to Defector on the Braves
Link to Strider quote
Link to bullpen prediction game
Link to Dan S. on the ALCS
Link to Schoenfield on the pitch clock
Link to Petriello on the Phillies defense
Link to Kram on upsets
Link to article on balls/strikes in Japan
Link to 1887 umpire indicator
Link to 1886 umpire indicator
Link to Ngram viewer results
Link to paper on English binomials
Link to Topps Now
Link to Stubbs in overalls
Link to long-layoff-players sheet
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to Pinch Thomas SABR bio
Link to FG regular-season stats
Link to FG postseason stats
Link to HR reliance study
Link to playoff randomness comparison
Link to another randomness comparison
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