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Effectively Wild Episode 1966: Joe West, Young Man

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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Is Joe West Editing His Own Wikipedia Page?

Listener Michael Mountain in our Discord group noted that one of the edits appears to be changing on September 28th, 1988. West was behind the plate when oral hershizer set the MLB record for consecutive scoreless innings pitch. But per retro sheet, he was actually upping first base during that game and was not behind the plate. If it is Joe West, he's not editing any other pages out there.

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