Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild: Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange Basketball/FootballHockey/CricketGolf/TennisSoccer/RugbyEsports/VolleyballNASCAR/CyclingDiversity and Inclusion In the final (for now) installment of a special, seven-episode series on the past, present, and future of advanced analysis in non-baseball sports, Ben Lindbergh talks to sabermetric pioneer Sherri Nichols about her trailblazing work in baseball analysis and then data scientist and sports entrepreneur Tiffany Kelly (41:02) about her experience in the sports analytics field, touching on their contributions to rec.sport.baseball, Retrosheet, and ESPN and the need for greater diversity and representation in the industry (plus a postscript from Ben on Scott Boras and insights and takeaways from the entire Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange series). Audio intro: Tegan and Sara, "Come On" Audio interstitial: The Sensations, "Let Me In" Audio outro: Nas, "Represent" Link to Ben’s article on Sherri Link to story on Sherri on the CMU site Link to story on Sherri in the CMU magazine Link to Sherri writing about Defensive Average in 1990 Link to rec.sport.baseball archive Link to story on the Andrew File System Link to Tiffany on her career in sports analytics Link to Tiffany on the Sports Analytics Club Program Link to the SACP’s site Link to article about Rachel Balkovec Link to Jalen Rose’s comments about analytics Link to Jalen Rose’s follow-up comments Link to ESPN report about the MLB Racial and Gender Report Card Link to past MLB report cards Link to MLB Diversity Fellowship Program Link to Boras prediction Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source

Effectively Wild: Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange Basketball/FootballHockey/CricketGolf/TennisSoccer/RugbyEsports/VolleyballNASCAR/CyclingDiversity and Inclusion In the sixth installment of a special, seven-episode series on the past, present, and future of advanced analysis in non-baseball sports, Ben Lindbergh talks to Motorsports Analytics founder and The Athletic writer David Smith about NASCAR and then former Garmin-Sharp and Team Sky analyst Robby Ketchell about cycling (47:48), touching on the origins of sabermetrics-style analysis in each sport, the major challenges, big breakthroughs, and overturned misconceptions, the early adopters, the cutting-edge stats and tech, the level of acceptance within the game, the effects on the spectator experience, the parallels with baseball, and more, plus a postscript on Bucky Dent, Rich Hill, the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method, and ESPN Bat Track. Audio intro: Grateful Dead, "The Race is On" Audio interstitial: Yo La Tengo, "The Race is on Again" Audio outro: George Harrison, "Faster" Link to David Smith’s archive at The Athletic Link to Motorsports Analytics site Link to Positive Regression Podcast Link to David’s 2019 analytical takeaways Link to David on Erik Jones Link to David on driver stat darlings Link to David on crew chief stat darlings Link to David on metrics that do or don’t matter Link to article on Andrew Maness and NASCAR Link to article about Robby and Team Sky Link to article on Team Sky’s use of data Link to article on big data in racing Link to article about technology in racing Link to article about Chris Froome’s power data Link to article about technology in racing Link to article about using power data to detect doping Link to article about Team Sky and doping Link to another article about Team Sky and doping Link to article about Robby and Kipchoge Link to Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method Wiki Link to ESPN broadcast featuring Bat Track Link to story about Bat Track Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source

Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and Meg Rowley banter about Kohl Stewart signing with the Orioles, another convoluted Scott Boras quote, and a few of the things Sam learned in 2019 (including Candlestick Park’s “Cardiac Hill,” the sound of Hideki Matsui’s swing, and the disturbing story of “Toothpick” Sam Jones), then discuss what the most defining/enduring baseball memory of 2019 will be. Audio intro: The Proper Ornaments, "Memories" Audio outro: Uncle Tupelo, "That Year" Link to Sam on what he learned in 2019 Link to Death at the Ballpark book Link to SABR bio for Sam Jones Link to Sam on the defining baseball memory of 2019 Link to Sam on the defining baseball memories of previous years Link to Zach Kram on the baseball as an unreliable narrator Link to Craig Edwards on MLB’s 2019 competitive balance problem Link to video of Hal Smith homer Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source

Effectively Wild: Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange Basketball/FootballHockey/CricketGolf/TennisSoccer/RugbyEsports/VolleyballNASCAR/CyclingDiversity and Inclusion In the fifth installment of a special, seven-episode series on the past, present, and future of advanced analysis in non-baseball sports, Ben Lindbergh talks to ESports One Head of Esports Data Science Tim Sevenhuysen about esports and then Volleymetrics founder Giuseppe Vinci about volleyball (43:25), touching on the origins of sabermetrics-style analysis in each sport, the major challenges, big breakthroughs, and overturned misconceptions, the early adopters, the cutting-edge stats and tech, the level of acceptance within the game, the effects on the spectator experience, the parallels with baseball, and more. Audio intro: Wild Fire, "Video Warrior" Audio interstitial: Of Montreal, "Spike the Senses" Audio outro: Guided By Voices, "The Rally Boys" Link to Ben on the Wild West of esports stats Link to Ben on the Overwatch meta Link to Ben on the Player Impact Rating in Overwatch Link to Compete on big data in esports Link to Vice article on Tim Link to VentureBeat article on Tim Link to Blitz Esports article on Tim Link to Tim on founding Shadow Link to Oracle’s Elixir Link to Part 1 of Tim’s LCS 2020 power rankings Link to Part 2 of Tim’s LCS 2020 power rankings Link to Ben on the origins of StarCraft Link to Volleymetrics page at Hudl Link to SportTechie on volleyball analytics Link to FiveThirtyEight on volleyball metrics Link to article about BYU volleyball Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source

Effectively Wild: Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange Basketball/FootballHockey/CricketGolf/TennisSoccer/RugbyEsports/VolleyballNASCAR/CyclingDiversity and Inclusion In the fourth installment of a special, seven-episode series on the past, present, and future of advanced analysis in non-baseball sports, Ben Lindbergh talks to StatsBomb managing editor Mike L. Goodman about soccer and then professor and soccer/rugby analyst Dr. Bill Gerrard about rugby (27:20), touching on the origins of sabermetrics-style analysis in each sport, the major challenges, big breakthroughs, and overturned misconceptions, the early adopters, the cutting-edge stats and tech, the level of acceptance within the game, the effects on the spectator experience, the parallels with baseball, and more. Audio intro: Slade, "Give Us a Goal" Audio interstitial: Jim White, "Counting Numbers in the Air" Audio outro: The Temptations, "Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World is Today)" Link to StatsBomb Link to The Double Pivot Podcast Link to The Double Pivot’s Patreon page Link to Mike on the adolescence of soccer stats Link to Mike on soccer’s left-handed-pitcher problem Link to Neil Paine on soccer analytics Link to The Numbers Game Link to Mike on Expected Goals (Part 1) Link to Mike on Expected Goals (Part 2) Link to Deadspin on soccer analytics Link to article on Alex Cora and Liverpool Link to Bill Gerrard’s Winning With Analytics site Link to article on Bill’s work with Saracens Link to article on Bill’s work with Billy Beane Link to Bill on how analytics are changing rugby Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source

Effectively Wild: Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange Basketball/FootballHockey/CricketGolf/TennisSoccer/RugbyEsports/VolleyballNASCAR/CyclingDiversity and Inclusion In the third installment of a special, seven-episode series on the past, present, and future of advanced analysis in non-baseball sports, Ben Lindbergh talks to Tennis Abstract founder Jeff Sackmann about tennis and then Every Shot Counts author Mark Broadie about golf (39:17), touching on the origins of sabermetrics-style analysis in each sport, the major challenges, big breakthroughs, and overturned misconceptions, the early adopters, the cutting-edge stats and tech, the level of acceptance within the game, the effects on the spectator experience, the parallels with baseball, and more. Audio intro: Simon Love, "Tennis Fan" Audio interstitial: Caravan, "Golf Girl" Audio outro: Cream, "Anyone for Tennis" Link to Tennis Abstract Link to Tennis Abstract blog Link to The Tennis Abstract Podcast Link to Hidden Game of Tennis Link to Jeff Sackmann’s Hardball Times archive Link to 2019 ESPN article on analytics in tennis Link to FiveThirtyEight on aging in tennis Link to Part 1 of SportTechie tennis analytics series Link to Part 2 of SportTechie tennis analytics series Link to Part 3 of SportTechie tennis analytics series Link to Every Shot Counts Link to Mark on Tiger’s consecutive rounds streak Link to video about Mark at The Athletic Link to 2018 Golf.com feature on Mark Link to story on analytics use in the Presidents Cup Link to Golfweek on golf analytics Link to SportTechie on Shotlink Plus Link to article about Strokes Gained and pressure Link to article about technology and golf scores Link to SI on the golf driving distance debate Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source

Effectively Wild: Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange Basketball/FootballHockey/CricketGolf/TennisSoccer/RugbyEsports/VolleyballNASCAR/CyclingDiversity and Inclusion In the second installment of a special, seven-episode series on the past, present, and future of advanced analysis in non-baseball sports, Ben Lindbergh talks to Evolving-Hockey.com’s Josh and Luke Younggren about hockey and then writer, commentator, and team analyst Jarrod Kimber about cricket (57:13), touching on the origins of sabermetrics-style analysis in each sport, the major challenges, big breakthroughs, and overturned misconceptions, the early adopters, the cutting-edge stats and tech, the level of acceptance within the game, the effects on the spectator experience, the parallels with baseball, and more. Audio intro: Neil Young, "When Worlds Collide" Audio interstitial: Guided By Voices, "Your Cricket is Rather Unique" Audio outro: Jethro Tull, "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day" Link to Evolving-Hockey Link to Evolving-Hockey’s Patreon page Link to the Younggrens’ NHL WAR model Link to Stat Shot Link to Grantland article on hockey’s “Summer of Analytics” Link to FiveThirtyEight on the costs of hockey’s analytics boom Link to FiveThirtyEight on pulling the goalie Link to article on the NHL’s faulty shot-location data Link to article on a fix for the NHL’s faulty shot-location data Link to Jarrod on cricket fielding metrics Link to Jarrod on applying data to cricket Link to Jarrod on T20 team scoring Link to Jarrod on right-left pairs in cricket Link to “Smash Factor” explainer Link to article about “Smash Factor” use on Boxing Day Link to Baseball Prospectus on “Hot Spot” in the 2011 World Series Link to video of “Hot Spot” on a 2011 World Series broadcast Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source

Effectively Wild: Multisport Sabermetrics Exchange Basketball/FootballHockey/CricketGolf/TennisSoccer/RugbyEsports/VolleyballNASCAR/CyclingDiversity and Inclusion In the first installment of a special, seven-episode series on the past, present, and future of advanced analysis in non-baseball sports, Ben Lindbergh talks to ESPN’s Bill Barnwell about football (the American kind) and then ESPN’s Kevin Pelton about basketball (48:43), touching on the origins of sabermetrics-style analysis in each sport, the major challenges, big breakthroughs, and overturned misconceptions, the early adopters, the cutting-edge stats and tech, the level of acceptance within the game, the effects on the spectator experience, the parallels with baseball, and more. Audio intro: Superchunk, "Winter Games" Audio interstitial: Ben Kweller, "Different But the Same" Audio outro: Pernice Brothers, "How Can I Compare" Link to The Hidden Game of Football Link to FiveThirtyEight on the NFL not passing enough Link to FiveThirtyEight on NFL teams running too much on first down Link to Bill Barnwell on teams evaluating quarterbacks Link to Kevin Clark on fourth-down conversion attempts Link to Danny Heifetz on the origins of the NFL analytics movement Link to Clark on the NFL’s analytics revolution Link to Clark on bringing science to the NFL draft Link to Football Outsiders site Link to Kevin Pelton’s bio/archive Link to PER Wikipedia page Link to Pablo Torre and Tom Haberstroh on NBA biometrics Link to Zach Kram on the NBA’s 3-point boom Link to Haberstroh on load management Link to Paolo Uggetti on Kawhi Leonard’s load management Link to FiveThirtyEight RAPTOR projections Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source

Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and Meg Rowley discuss the signings of Hyun-Jin Ryu and Dallas Keuchel, the Blue Jays’ historic 2019 rotation, the depleted pitching market, MLB’s rising revenue and the continued strength of spending on free agents, Jake Odorizzi and the qualifying offer, Nick Senzel’s switch to Scott Boras, and Rich Hill’s arrest(!), then conduct the seventh annual Effectively Wild Minor League Free Agent Draft, selecting 10 minor league free agents each and competing to see whose roster will accumulate the most combined MLB playing time in 2020. Audio intro: Chance The Rapper, "Get a Bag" Audio outro: Paul Weller, "Bag Man" Link to list of minor league free agents Link to Weems duck photo Link to EW competitions and drafts tracker Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about whether this year’s good free agents have actually gone to an unusual selection of teams and whether they believe in Wade Miley’s supposed pitch-tipping, and then, in the third and final installment of a three-part series, discuss stories that they overlooked about 10 more teams in 2019, touching on the Mariners’ many players (especially Kyle Lewis), the .300-hitting Hanser Alberto, Danny Santana’s resurgence, the joy of Ji-Man Choi, career years for Eduardo Rodriguez and Christian Vázquez, Ian Kennedy as a relief ace and Danny Duffy’s experience with anxiety and depression, Spencer Turnbull’s record and the conversion of Nick Ramirez, Mitch Garver and Luis Arraez, Eloy Jiménez’s vengeance, the Yankees’ home series and CC Sabathia as Yoda, and other players, fun facts, and statistical oddities that deserve longer looks. Audio intro: Earlimart, "Nothing is True" Audio outro: The Smiths, "Hand in Glove" Link to Ben Clemens on free agents Link to Rosenthal on Miley’s pitch-tipping Link to Lookout Landing on Lewis Link to Ben Clemens on the joy of Choi Link to Duffy story Link to story on Garver’s makeover Link to Arraez origin story Link to story on Arraez plate appearance Link to story on Sabathi-Yoda Link to story on Pedro-da Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Source