Effectively Wild Episode 1225: Such is This Game, and Such is John Jaso
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Clayton Kershaw‘s latest back injury, the “opener” strategy spreading to L.A., and the unexpected sources of production that have helped keep the Dodgers in the race, as well as Kole Calhoun‘s historically slow offensive start to the season, Jaime Barria and record-setting pitch counts within innings, Indians rookie Shane Bieber as the successor to Josh Tomlin, baseball analogs to the J.R. Smith debacle in the NBA Finals, and two upcoming baseball events. Then (26:21) they talk to former major leaguer and EW folk hero John Jaso about his attempt to talk his way past an usher at Tropicana Field last week, his affinity for sailing, his laid-back, “Such is Life” philosophy, why he didn’t always fit in well within baseball clubhouses, the difficulty of being oneself within a hierarchical, regimented sport, his memories of catching Felix Hernandez’s perfect game and coming up with the 2008 Rays, his recovery from concussions, his opinion of hitting for the cycle, and more.
Audio intro: Oddisee, "Such is Life"
Audio interstitial: Neil Young, "John Oaks"
Audio outro: Montero, "Clear Sailing"
Link to Saber Seminar event page
Link to Beyond the Baselines: Celebrating Women in Baseball
Link to video of John Jaso Tropicana Field usher encounter
Link to “Such is Life” tweet
Link to Jaso’s retirement announcement
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| 0:00.0 | Suck this pipe, no man died in the sleep |
| 0:03.1 | And the town was born today, yeah, suck too light |
| 0:06.6 | A rough a gap shot in the park, what assisted gathered, donated heart |
| 0:10.6 | Suck too light, supply gap, by the age of 50 with no pinch of plan |
| 0:16.1 | Suck too light, supply gap, high out of the college, got a place and a cash pass |
| 0:21.4 | Suck too light |
| 0:27.0 | Suck too light |
| 0:28.2 | Hello and welcome to episode 1225 of Effective Bewild, the Fandcraft's |
| 0:33.4 | baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:35.8 | I'm Jeff Sullivan, a Fandcraft's joined as always by Ben Lindbergh, Ben Lindbergh |
| 0:40.1 | You are of yourself, you are not of the ringer, you are human being |
| 0:44.3 | The ringer is just a part of your existence in this episode |
| 0:47.2 | So he joined by Admiral John J. So, formerly of Facebook, glory currently |
| 0:52.3 | Master of the Open Seas, or at least will shortly become Master of the Open Seas |
| 0:56.9 | But before we get to our long overdue or under-du, I don't know |
| 1:00.8 | I can't tell if we're supposed to have more podcasts after this one |
| 1:04.6 | Because we kind of got to the holy land, but anyway, before we talk to John J. So, for a better |
| 1:09.7 | hour, we have some other stuff to talk about, I guess Clayton Kershaw is hurt again |
| 1:13.7 | So this is a disappointing week for baseball pitching phonetics |
| 1:18.1 | Because Alex Reyes made his long-awaited return to the mound and he was okay |
| 1:22.3 | And then he was hurt and Clayton Kershaw made his own long-awaited return to the band |
| 1:26.3 | He was okay, and then he was hurt for Reyes, it's a lads drain, he'll be fine for Clayton Kershaw |
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