Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s near no-hitter, the Effectively Wild bump, and the Orioles’ incredible comeback), then banter (and quasi-Stat Blast) about four subjects: whether Shohei Ohtani has been more or less valuable as a DH only or as a two-way player this season; whether Cal Raleigh hits a disproporionate number of homers in garbage time (compared to the league and to Aaron Judge); whether position-player pitchers are better when they throw very fast pitches than when they throw very slow ones; and why left-handed pitchers are having a historically strong season, plus (1:23:05) several postscript follow-ups.

Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to YamamotO’s video

Link to FG win expectancy

Link to B-Ref gamelog

Link to Pages robbery story

Link to Mussina vs. Everett video

Link to near no-nos

Link to Ben on no-no umps

Link to Ohtani two-homer game

Link to one-way Ohtani Dodgers W-L

Link to two-way Ohtani Dodgers W-L

Link to one-way Ohtani WAR

Link to two-way Ohtani batter WAR

Link to two-way Ohtani pitcher WAR

Link to publication bias wiki

Link to file drawer problem

Link to MLBTR on Brebbia

Link to Cal >4 runs split

Link to league >4 runs split

Link to Judge >4 runs split

Link to Cal leverage split

Link to league leverage split

Link to Judge leverage split

Link to clutch comparison

Link to WPA leaderboard

Link to mistake hitting article

Link to most catcher HR

Link to Kingery vs. Kurtz

Link to exit velo responsibility

Link to Kingery vs. Kurtz pitches

Link to Mains on PPP

Link to slowest possible pitches

Link to average PPP velo

Link to slowest PPP pitch

Link to fasest PPP pitches

Link to PPP 45 and under wOBA

Link to PPP 80 and up wOBA

Link to PPP 79 and up wOBA

Link to PPP 45 and under RV/100

Link to PPP 80 and over RV/100

Link to PPP 79 and over RV/100

Link to LHP ERA- leaderboard

Link to LHP FIP- leaderboard

Link to 2025 RHP ERA

Link to 2025 LHP ERA

Link to Sawchik on LHP

Link to Crizer on LHP

Link to Crizer on LHP 2

Link to Nesbitt on LHP

Link to LHP horizontal release

Link to pitching fWAR leaders

Link to LHP pitch types

Link to LHP velo

Link to RHP velo

Link to wRC+ vs. LHP

Link to LHP TBH% by year

Link to LHP Stuff+

Link to LHP familiarity advantage

Link to Soto pitcher article

Link to Soto BP pitcher video

Link to Trammell bat update

Link to pitch-tipping article

Link to Whitecaps article

Link to HUAL episode

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