Effectively Wild Episode 1220: Brockmire and Upon Further Review

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In a bonus EW episode, Ben Lindbergh brings on The Ringer’s Michael Baumann to talk to actor Hank Azaria about the second season of IFC’s Brockmire, real broadcasters’ affection for the show, proving his baseball bona fides, and throwing out first pitches. Then Ben brings on Slate’s Mike Pesca (35:16) to talk about his new […]

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0:00.0	We've still got a little more time
0:05.0	Time for an extra evening of love
0:11.0	An extra evening of love
0:16.0	And just isn't enough
0:22.0	I need one extra evening of love
0:30.0	Hello and welcome to episode 1220 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Vangrass presented by our Patreon supporters
0:38.0	I am Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer, Flag Solo today
0:41.0	This is a bonus episode of Effectively Wild
0:44.0	I'll be talking to a few people I like a lot
0:46.0	You all know I'm working on a book with Travis Sotchick from Vangrass
0:49.0	But I've also contributed to a book that is out right now
0:52.0	It's called A Pun for the Review
0:54.0	The greatest what-ifs in sports history
0:56.0	And I contributed a chapter about what would have happened, how things would have been different
0:59.0	If Major League Baseball had started testing for steroids in 1991
1:03.0	Which as a lot of people don't realize is actually when steroids were officially banned in baseball
1:08.0	But the book has 31 chapters, all sports are covered, many really great writers
1:12.0	And the editor and organizer of this book is Mike Pesca of Slate
1:16.0	Who many of you know from hosting hang up and listen for years
1:19.0	Now he hosts Slate's Daily Podcast The Gist
1:22.0	Of which I have heard every episode
1:24.0	So he's going to join me a little bit later to talk about the book
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