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Effectively Wild Episode 2009: Safe By a Hair

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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The Long Strike of the Dodgers

The 2014 Rockies had 20 straight starts by left-handed pitchers Brett Anderson, Jorge de La Rosa, Johann Flunde, Pedro Hernandez, Tower Mazzoc, and Franklin Morales. The Dodgers team from 93 through 96 when they had zero left-handed starters any of those seasons had the seventh most wins in the majors. What if Rapunzel played baseball? Couldn't she just throw her hair ahead of her from one base to the next? And be safe without ever being in danger of being tagged out? A 60 year old woman named Asha Mandela who holds the Guinness World Record for longest locks as in hair first was awarded this record in 2009 when her hair was measured at 19

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