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A momentus moment in @ewpod.bsky.social history - with his 39th appearance on Episode 2548, @benclemens.bsky.social usurps Eric Longenhagen from the top spot on the guest leaderboard (which he'd held for ~800 episodes)!

The pressure is on today - I'm referring, of course, not to the World Series, but today's LearnedLeague One-Day quiz

Can he suggest that he throw out a first pitch at the World Series on the way to the job interview

Russell Wilson turns 80 in 2068

Anyway does anyone happen to know who handles Philip Rivers's account at CAA

Maybe some things are meant to be left unknown

I showed this post to Ben and he reports that "the drummer's songs are good" more news as it develops

I wanted Jake Mangum will produce more WAR than Konnor Griffin real bad but I'll take this

Friends, we have arrived at the promised land

Of course! That possibility needed to be weighed by everyone when determining the likelihood. I've repeatedly advised to be on the lookout for chances to influence outcomes and this was definitely one of them.

With the regular season now having come to a close, here's the unofficial look of where everyone stands in the Preseason Predictions Game...

On September 25th, the user "AustinSlayyyter" uploaded the story "He's Hot, (V)I Tell(O) You!" depecting an erotic scene between Tony Vitello and Kyle Shanahan. @baumann.bsky.social 's prediction is declared TRUE.

Konnor Griffin now leads Jake Mangum, 1.4 to 1.1 fWAR. This may be the first post I've made that correctly spells *both* of their names, and I'm still not 100% confident.

Corbin Carroll goes 0-4 with a sac fly RBI. 3 triples needed, 2 games remain.

oh my god AL EAST. EAST. WHY DO I KEEP FORGETTING TO TYPE "EAST".

We are going to have a FLURRY of predictions breaking one way or another in the next couple days so will have a full summary at the close of the regular season, but with the Orioles being eliminated, 4 AL Teams making the postseason falls to FALSE.

Corbin Carroll went 1-3 with a single in the series finale against the Rockies. 3 triples needed, 3 games remain - all in San Diego.

Jake Mangum is now 0.1 fWAR *behind* Konnor Griffin, 1.2 to 1.3.

CORBIN CARROLL TRIPLE ALERT

Corbin Carroll didn't hit any triples today. He also didn't play, the DBacks were off. There's probably some correlation between these facts. (Six games remain.)

Corbin Carroll went 1-3 with a single and a walk. 6 games remain. 4 triples still needed. Next three games at Coors Field means anything's possible...

Corbin Carroll went 0-2 with a walk and a sac fly tonight. No triples. 7 games remain. 4 triples needed.

Good news: Corbin Carroll went 2-4 with 6 total bases in tonight's game! Bad news: It was a homer and a double. 8 games remain. 4 triples needed.

Aaron Judge has been placed on the IL, meaning he's all but certain to end the season at 18 HR. Cal Raleigh need 19 HR to claim the AL lead, so I think Meg's prediction is *fairly* safe.

Okay, after doing more research, I don't believe this would count. There's no quotes supporting that this was his throw day, and he's apparently been lobbying to be a legit bullpen option for awhile now in order to keep their postseason hopes alive.

CORBIN CARROLL 20/20/20/20 WATCH Carroll needs 4 more triples in 9 games: - 3 games at home vs NYY (good triples park) - 3 games away @ COL (very good triples park) - 3 games away @ SDP (NOT a good triples park)

Does anyone have any supporting quotes/evidence that this was Sandy's throw day?

With the Yankees clinching a postseason berth, @benclemens.bsky.social's prediction that NYY/BOS/STL/ATH/BAL will all miss the postseason is declared FALSE.

While I'm at it, one more note of @ewpod.bsky.social trivia I just realized: With his appearance on Episode 2526, Jack Wrightson (the stadium sound/acoustics guy) became the *750th* unique guest to appear on Effectively Wild!

Predictions update for @benlindbergh.bsky.social: - TOR has 25.6% odds of being 4th ALE team in postseason - Justin Verlander at -0.1 fWAR - PIT pitchers + ATH hitters = not in Top 10 - Weaver & Holmes ahead of best NYY season, but Devin Williams (0.7 fWAR) needs to beat 1.4

Predictions Game update for @megrowler.fangraphs.com: - Konnor Griffin: 1.1 fWAR - Judge (17), Raleigh (21) trail the AL HR lead (40) - Corbin Carroll is 4 3B's away from 20/20/20/20 - PIT is 3rd in NLC, 8 back of CHC in 2nd - Garcia (1.7) behind Witt Jr. (6.5) for KC fWAR - ATH SP are 30th in FIP

Predictions game update for @benclemens.bsky.social: - Kyle Teel only has 0.5 fWAR, which is 10th for CWS hitters - Zac Gallen has a 6.22 ERA with only 101.1 IP - Semien (1096.2) is 8th for innings at 2B, with Ozzie Albies leading (1275) - Sal Frelick has -0.2 fWAR - Kerry Carpenter: 20 wRC+ vs LHP

In other Preseason Predictions game news for @baumann.bsky.social : - Jake Magnum (1.4) currently leads Konnor Griffin (1.1) in fWAR - Mickey Moniak (22) trails Bryce Harper (27) in HR by a #1 draft pick - Murakami's 170 K's is 30 ahead of CWS's hits leader (Meidroth at 140)

A bit behind on this but: With the Rays making the postseason, @benlindbergh.bsky.social's prediction that no team that has missed the postseason for the last 2 seasons will make it is INCORRECT.

With the release of @ewpod.bsky.social Episode 2529, we welcome @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social as the 66th member of the EW Five-Timers Club!

Since 1910, there have been 124,497 innings on record in AL/NL play with at least 4 hits recorded. Only 82 (0.07%) were scoreless. This is the first one since 2015. (h/t Michael Mountain)

Corbin Carroll is up to 13 triples 👀

Because Ben wondered about Sloan's podcast appearances total: confirmed at two. (She now ranks above John Brebbia.)

OH NO @baumann.bsky.social !!!!

The Twins just won a 9-inning game in which they hit 5 GIDPs, a feat only accomplished 104 times. That's rarer than throwing a no-hitter! Only 11 teams have won a game with 6 GIDPs, most recently the Astros in 2018. Nobody has ever won with 7. (Stats provided by Michael Mountain)

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO www.mlb.com/news/shohei-...

With the #1 pick in the MLB Draft being UCLA SS Roch Cholowsky, @megrowler.fangraphs.com's prediction of a HS pitcher being first is declared FALSE.

anyone know the record for most fWAR accrued in a calendar month?