Successfully Wild Episode 2003: Return of the Mack

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about extra examples of gamers whose names describe what they do (like Colin Holderman), the return of Justin Verlander, Juan Soto’s overdue scorching streak, Keynan Middleton calling out Carlos Correa, the distinction between Craig Kimbrel’s leverage and outcomes, and the way success lowers the boo threshold, then (16:22) react to excerpts from Ben’s dialog with an MLB exec about guidelines adjustments and strikeouts. After that (37:38), they convey on top-tier Patreon supporter Mack Mashburn to debate his background as a podcaster listener and baseball fan and reply listener emails concerning the pitch clock and suspense, the subsequent step for dwelling run celebrations, narrowing truthful territory at excessive elevations, the aggressive benefit of cloud seeding, whether or not relievers all lengthy to be starters, whether or not Baseball Zen isn’t zen sufficient, MLB Gameday’s current redesign, why lefties are likely to throw slower than righties, the causes of accelerating damage charges, the results of improved pitching machines, a wizard who makes gamers shorter each time they get hits or strikeouts, and Aristides Aquino’s DRS, plus a Previous Blast from 2003 (1:58:40) and follow-ups (2:01:56).

Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Successfully Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Beatwriter, “Successfully Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Successfully Wild Theme”

Hyperlink to Holderman immaculate inning
Hyperlink to Wynn headline 1
Hyperlink to Wynn headline 2
Hyperlink to Wynn headline 3
Hyperlink to Webb feedback
Hyperlink to Verlander gamer
Hyperlink to Middleton feedback
Hyperlink to low-WPA relievers
Hyperlink to high-leverage relievers
Hyperlink to Muncy walk-off
Hyperlink to Cardinals booing
Hyperlink to baseball drag measurements
Hyperlink to Sam on the pitch clock
Hyperlink to Sheehan on the pitch clock
Hyperlink to Emma on HR celebrations
Hyperlink to information on NPB HR celebrations
Hyperlink to Grant on “beast mode”
Hyperlink to Franco’s ball toss
Hyperlink to Sam on unwritten guidelines
Hyperlink to foul traces article
Hyperlink to extra foul traces information
Hyperlink to foul traces column
Hyperlink to foul traces verdict
Hyperlink to Tal’s Hill story
Hyperlink to cloud seeding wiki
Hyperlink to McClellan EW interview
Hyperlink to “failed starters” Stat Blast
Hyperlink to Baumann on Fulmer
Hyperlink to Baseball Zen movies
Hyperlink to Baseball Zen article
Hyperlink to Gameday redesign information
Hyperlink to Ben on lefty velo
Hyperlink to FG on lefty velo
Hyperlink to common LHP velo
Hyperlink to common RHP velo
Hyperlink to Ben on pitching machines
Hyperlink to leg-lengthening story
Hyperlink to extra on leg lengthening
Hyperlink to listener emails database
Hyperlink to It’s Christmastown
Hyperlink to 2022 RF DRS leaders
Hyperlink to Aquino catch 1
Hyperlink to Aquino catch 2
Hyperlink to Aquino catch 3
Hyperlink to Aquino catch 4
Hyperlink to 2003 Previous Blast supply
Hyperlink to David Lewis’s Twitter
Hyperlink to David Lewis’s Substack
Hyperlink to Peacock broadcast information
Hyperlink to introduced attendance article
Hyperlink to pitch counts Stat Blast
Hyperlink to Turner’s quote
Hyperlink to Speier tweet
Hyperlink to Zimmer’s velo column
Hyperlink to Rickey’s ’51 Williams report
Hyperlink to 1886 “velo” use
Hyperlink to ESPN on Alabama betting
Hyperlink to The Athletic on Alabama betting