Successfully Wild Episode 2214: Don’t Bean Me, Bro

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter in regards to the impressiveness of a prediction by Carlos Estévez, find out how to say the rating from the dropping staff’s perspective, and getting hit within the head by a sizzling canine. Then (23:13) they focus on getting hit within the head (or the arms) by a baseball: how usually it occurs, how harmful it’s, and whether or not (as Whit Merrifield argues) MLB should act to discourage it. Then (58:28) they brainstorm about visiting groups’ first-inning drawback and reply listener emails (1:08:42) about Triple-A groups as playoff warm-up acts, an obscure Wealthy Hill document, post-PitchCom efficiency in previous sign-stealing conditions, headfirst sliding vs. feet-first sliding (and whether or not working extra may cause one to hunch on the plate), the idea of a “pure place,” and the ethics of a UCL exclusivity deal.

Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Successfully Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ian Phillips, “Successfully Wild Theme”

Hyperlink to Estévez story
Hyperlink to Estévez sport
Hyperlink to Estévez sport highlights
Hyperlink to McMahon homer
Hyperlink to Estévez sport story
Hyperlink to 2022 Merrifield HBP
Hyperlink to Merrifield Athletic article 1
Hyperlink to Merrifield Athletic article 2
Hyperlink to Ben on HBP in 2021
Hyperlink to Mains on HBP in 2021
Hyperlink to Arthur on HBP and batters 1
Hyperlink to Arthur on HBP and batters 2
Hyperlink to FG on HBP in 2022
Hyperlink to HBP per PA by yr
Hyperlink to HBP per pitch by yr
Hyperlink to avg. HBP velo
Hyperlink to avg. FB HBP velo
Hyperlink to HBP FB% by yr
Hyperlink to avg. HBP top
Hyperlink to avg. FB HBP top
Hyperlink to HBP in peril zones by yr
Hyperlink to Shadow Zone HBP by yr
Hyperlink to HBP within the strike zone by yr
Hyperlink to BP Restoration Dashboard
Hyperlink to Rosenthal on command
Hyperlink to Sarris on command
Hyperlink to BP on hitter accidents
Hyperlink to Mains on HFA by inning
Hyperlink to Smith on first-inning HFA 1
Hyperlink to Smith on first-inning HFA 2
Hyperlink to Japanese baseball guidelines
Hyperlink to 2015 Japan Instances column
Hyperlink to Ben C. on playoffs layoffs
Hyperlink to Hill Stathead question
Hyperlink to MLBTR on Hill’s DFA
Hyperlink to Hill’s 2024 sport log
Hyperlink to B-Ref bases-occupied splits
Hyperlink to runner-on-second offense
Hyperlink to no-runner-on-second offense
Hyperlink to sliding mitts weblog
Hyperlink to Mark Simon’s Twitter
Hyperlink to SIS Twitter
Hyperlink to harm charges on slides
Hyperlink to Andrews on Cruz
Hyperlink to Benz on Cruz
Hyperlink to information on lefty defenders
Hyperlink to Buck on butts
Hyperlink to mindset explainer
Hyperlink to listener emails database
Hyperlink to gunk story 1
Hyperlink to gunk story 2
Hyperlink to gunk story 3
Hyperlink to ballpark meetup kinds
Hyperlink to meetup organizer kind