Effectively Wild Episode 1167: The Economic Volcano
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2018
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the Padres’ social-media accounts getting hacked, Scott Boras’ “volcano” comment, Hall of Fame voting results, and Jeff’s article about batting practice, then answer listener emails about team construction and the wild card, consistency and Carlos Santana, the baseball equivalents of football’s recent Super Bowl staples, the decline and comeback of four-man rotations, a knuckleball hitter, three Mike Trout hypotheticals, baseball owners opening their books, and a change to free-agent eligibility, plus a Stat Blast on teams that have been better or worse than their underlying stats.
Audio intro: Sloan, "False Alarm"
Audio outro: Waxahatchee, "No Question"
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, just a quick note, Jeff and I recorded this episode slightly before. |
| 0:04.0 | The brewers finally delivered us from our cold stove stupor. |
| 0:07.6 | So a few times we lament the lack of transactions. |
| 0:10.4 | Thanks to David Stern's, our hopes have been answered. |
| 0:12.6 | So we will discuss the Christian Yelts trade and the Lorenzo Cain signing on our next episode. |
| 0:17.3 | Carry on! |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1167 of Effectively Wild, who is this while podcasting. |
| 0:51.7 | Vanguafs presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:54.9 | My name is Benlinberg, I'm a writer for the binger. |
| 0:56.9 | I'm joined as always by Jeff Sullivan of Ingress. |
| 0:59.9 | Hello! |
| 1:00.9 | Hello! |
| 1:01.9 | You were away! |
| 1:02.9 | I was! |
| 1:03.9 | Yeah, I don't have any exciting engagement stories or anything like that. |
| 1:08.0 | I already got those out of the way, but I was on mountains as you were. |
| 1:12.3 | I was skiing down them as opposed to hiking up them, which I find to be easier and more |
| 1:18.6 | exhilarating personally. |
| 1:20.5 | But it was a lot of fun. |
| 1:21.5 | I went to Colorado, spent a few days skiing. |
| 1:25.0 | Saw a ski trail called Cubs Way and felt right at home. |
| 1:29.3 | You didn't give me a chance to ask a question. |
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