Effectively Wild Episode 2529: The Bandwagon Re-Reunion

With Meg Rowley on vacation, Ben Lindbergh continues his quest to (temporarily) resurrect a few dearly departed baseball podcasts. Next Up: The Bandwagon, featuring Hannah Keyser of CNN and Zach Crizer of The Bandwagon (the ongoing newsletter). Ben, Hannah, and Zach discuss Hannah’s transition from baseball specialist to sports generalist, her visit to Driveline Baseball for velocity training, and why position-player pitchers throw so slow. Then they banter about baseball bits and bobs: the buzzer-beating, pre-postseason returns of Aaron Judge and other prominent players; the future of rehab assignments; Zach’s 2026 rebuild rankings and his and Hannah’s debate about how bad David Stearns has been for the Mets; Mickey Gasper’s hot streak and Munetaka Murakami’s slump; a possible Rockies sale; Thomas Pannone’s Triple-A perfect game; and how the challenge system has affected catcher framing and defensive value, plus postscript follow-ups.

Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to The Bandwagon podcast archive
Link to The Bandwagon newsletter
Link to Hannah’s CNN archive
Link to CNN Explains series
Link to first Bandwagon reunion pod
Link to second Bandwagon reunion pod
Link to Hannah and Lindsey appearance
Link to Marte’s cap
Link to Alcaraz vs. Shelton story
Link to Jay on position-player pitching
Link to Sam on position-player pitching
Link to underhand free throws story
Link to Episode 2372
Link to position-player velo by year
Link to late-comeback candidates
Link to Hannah and Zach on Trajekt
Link to Ben on Trajekt
Link to Dan S. on Judge
Link to Judge on his abbreviated return
Link to Judge/Jones fun fact
Link to Schwarber postseason comeback
Link to Cohen on Stearns
Link to Ben on Mets turnover
Link to team rookie batting WAR
Link to negative-run-differential division story
Link to Yankees hitting without Judge
Link to Yankees pitching without Judge
Link to Gasper/Murakami leaderboard
Link to Gasper wiki
Link to Rockies/McCarthy play
Link to Paige’s Rockies report
Link to report summary
Link to Greg Penner wiki
Link to BP on team sales
Link to Pannone story
Link to Pannone photos
Link to minor league perfectos list
Link to Jeff on framing
Link to Ben on framing in 2018
Link to team defensive challenges
Link to Tango on team challenges
Link to catcher-defensive deviation data
Link to catcher-defense deviation graph
Link to Ohtani/De Paula news
Link to catcher’s interference explainer
Link to 23 ways piece
Link to 23 ways book
Link to Nine Innings to Love trailer
Link to Nine Innings to Love premiere
Link to Tiglath-Pileser III wiki
Link to Yankees winning-season streak

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