Effectively Wild Episode 2155: Breaking Down the Importance of Slow Starts

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss a variety of baseball topics including the Rockies’ recent trouble with the FAA, Jackson Holliday’s slow start, the impact of umpire incidents, offensive numbers compared to last season, the idea of a “combined Maddux,” Shohei Ohtani’s WAR as a DH, the Blue Jays’ renovations, Tommy John surgery research in Japan, and more.

Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”
Audio outro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Images:
1. Rockies plane video
2. AP article on the Rockies
3. New flight deck rule
4. Blum article on Holliday
5. O’s prospects joke
6. Animorphs meme
7. White guys selfie meme
8. Article on Scott
9. Story on Mays start
10. Story on Mantle start

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