Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs’ Ben Clemens dissect the glorious game in which Shohei Ohtani founded the 50-50 and 51-51 Clubs, Ohtani’s most awe-inspiring feats, and his future, followed (29:51) by banter about the state of defensive stats, the mystery of Salvador Perez’s swing decisions, questionable kudos for Bud Black, whether Victor Robles made the worst steal attempt of all time, and MLB’s Players of the Game. Then (1:19:55) Ben talks to trailblazing journalist Melissa Ludtke, author of Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside, about the landmark 1970s Ludtke v. Kuhn case that opened MLB team clubhouses to women.
Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes 2, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Ben C. on OhtaniLink to Ohtani highlightsLink to Ohtani single-game statsLink to Mookie quoteLink to study on exit veloLink to Lebron tweetLink to power/speed number wikiLink to most Total BasesLink to 50-homer seasonsLink to 70-steal seasonsLink to Sheehan on ShoheiLink to Ben C. on Ohtani oddsLink to various Ohtani fun factsLink to OptaSTATS fun factLink to Terminator 2 quoteLink to Tango on defensive statsLink to Judge on defensive statsLink to BP DRPLink to previous Salvy EW discussionLink to Sarris on not swingingLink to Choi on not swingingLink to SEAGER explainerLink to latest SEAGER articleLink to SEAGER leaderboardsLink to SwRV explainerLink to more on SwRVLink to PLV explainerLink to PLV swing decisionsLink to Robert Orr’s TwitterLink to Drew Haugen’s TwitterLink to Kyle Bland’s TwitterLink to Bud Black tweetLink to Black’s manager pageLink to Rockies managers pageLink to Leyland Rockies wikiLink to Ben on pitching coachesLink to Julio/Arozarena playLink to Julio/Arozarena articleLink to Andrews on RoblesLink to Baumann on RoblesLink to AP on RoblesLink to Robles video clipLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to Ryan’s stealing-home dataLink to 2023 post on stealing homeLink to 2020 “steal”Link to MLB Player of the GameLink to FG Player of the GameLink to Melissa and CosellLink to Locker Room TalkLink to Constance Baker Motley wikiLink to Constance Baker Motley bookLink to Ludtke v. Kuhn decisionLink to Angell’s New Yorker featureLink to Angell centennial EW episodeLink to Emma at SI on MelissaLink to Melissa on MelissaLink to Melissa’s TEDx talkLink to Melissa’s website
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