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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 1217: The Sound of Strikes

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2018

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the fallout from Robinson Cano‘s 80-game suspension, the league’s latest adjustment to Shohei Ohtani, Jason Castro‘s injury and Willians Astudillo’s opportunity, and the resurgent Jordan Lyles, then answer listener emails about the topsy-turvy National League, the evolution of orthodoxy about bullpens, the impact of Willson Contreras on Cubs […]

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0:00.0

Sitting on the back deck, riding me a bad check

0:03.5

Handed out a tire of legs

0:06.7

One you were the only two

0:08.8

You were my only three

0:10.5

And left this place

0:13.5

Around, around, around

0:15.0

I loved getting down

0:16.5

Like the Berlin Wall

0:19.8

D-9, D-9

0:21.5

You can't deny

0:23.0

You left the curtain falling

0:25.5

You left the curtain falling

0:27.5

Hello and welcome to episode 1217 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Vagraphs presented by our Patreon supporters

0:38.5

I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Jeff Sullivan of Vagraphs. Hello Jeff. Hello. So last week

0:44.5

We talked about how Robinson, Kenoe and his contract were aging well

0:48.5

Gotta say that conversation has not aged particularly well

0:53.5

There's been some developments in that area since last week

0:56.5

Well, Robins, there's a double whammy here

1:00.5

Robinson, Kenoe of course, is hit by a pitch

1:03.5

Knocked out for a long time and then he was hit by a suspension and knocked out for an even longer time

1:07.5

So on the plus side, we no longer care that Robinson, Kenoe, needs surgery for his broken hand

1:13.5

Because he will have ample time to recover

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