Effectively Wild Episode 1996: Sticky-Sniffing Dogs
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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The Kalnek Trade or the Diaz Trade?
In 1996, MLB sought to change up the strike zone a bit. It was thought that more strikes would lead to quicker at bats and shorter games. Umpires seemed split on whether their colleagues and they themselves were changing how they called the zone. One AL ump said he did not notice any effect on the game.
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