Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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Effectively Wild Episode 2148: Backyard Baseball
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the earthquake in the Northeast, Juan Sotos choice of walk-up song, J.J. Hardy building a ballpark in his Arizona backyard, the pluses and minuses of living
Effectively Wild Episode 2147: Rising Tides
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Athletics intermediate move to Sacramento, the Royals failed public funding referendum, a Davis Schneider self scouting report, a wild Diamondbacks-Yank
Effectively Wild Episode 2146: Long May You (Salmon) Run
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a grab of topics, including a team meeting after two games, early bad blood and benches-clearing incidents, the continued terribleness of the new uniforms, a
Effectively Wild Episode 2145: Opening Daze and the 2024 Team Fun Draft
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Opening Day naps, a Bryce Harper pandering update, Nelson Cruzs Mariners retirement and the one-day-contract tradition, and Yusei Kikuchis latest intriguing
Effectively Wild Episode 2144: Season Preview Series: Dodgers and Rockies
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley remind people to vote in their preseason predictions game, discuss the completion of the season preview series, and then (10:15) analyze Shohei Ohtanis remarks from Monda
Effectively Wild Episode 2143: The 2024 Preseason Predictions Game
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs authors Michael Baumann and Ben Clemens play Character Who Appears in Shgun the Novel (but Not the TV Series) or International Amateur Baseball Player (3:13
Effectively Wild Episode 2142: Season Preview Series: Yankees and Nationals
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the J.D. Martinez and Michael Lorenzen signings, Eury Prezs elbow, Jackson Holliday not making the Os Opening Day roster, and MLBs crowded, mediocre middl
Effectively Wild Episode 2141: What Did Sho Know?
In an in-depth discussion that became a bonus episode, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley explore the state of the sports-betting scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara,
Effectively Wild Episode 2140: Don’t Bet on It
After a brief preamble about the betting scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the first game of the regular season, whether glove
Effectively Wild Episode 2139: Season Preview Series: Braves and White Sox
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Giants signing Blake Snell, whether Snell is now underrated, San Franciscos offseason, Scott Borass offseason, leaguewide spending, an MLBPA power strug