Effectively Wild Episode 1257: Being Baseball Ambassadors
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2018
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh, Jeff Sullivan, and writer Rachael McDaniel banter about a Scott Boras quote about Bryce Harper, the hot streaks of Matt Carpenter and Ronald Acuña, an Ender Inciarte comment, aging in relation to baseball players, the cold streak of Luis Severino, and a possible old example of groundskeeping gamesmanship. Then (24:22) they bring on former major-league outfielder and current MLB Ambassador for Inclusion Billy Bean to talk about his evolving role at MLB, counseling former minor leaguer David Denson on coming out, MLB’s ongoing response to the discoveries of ugly old tweets by Josh Hader, Sean Newcomb, and Trea Turner, how fans should treat those players, why their tweets weren’t grounds for discipline, how hurtful attitudes evolve, the positives that can come from a bad situation, how clubhouse discourse has improved over time, baseball as a unifier, the Yankees’ standing in the queer community, the importance of pride nights and other inclusive initiatives, and more. Finally (1:09:57), Ben, Jeff, and Rachael reflect on the conversation with Bean and forecast the future, and Ben berates Jose Ureña for his hit by pitch.
Audio intro: The Decemberists, "The Engine Driver"
Audio interstitial 1: The Monkees, "Words"
Audio interstitial 2: Beach House, "Better Times"
Audio outro: The Isley Brothers, "The Pride (Part 1)"
Link to Jeff’s Carpenter post
Link to Matt Trueblood on Acuña’s evolution
Link to Zach Crizer on prospect promotions
Link to Mike Petriello on Severino
Link to Rachael on acceptance and baseball
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| 0:00.0 | I'm an engine dry, bird, on a long run, on a long run |
| 0:10.0 | Would I work beside her? |
| 0:15.0 | She's a long one, such a long one |
| 0:20.0 | And if you don't love me, let me go |
| 0:30.0 | Would if you don't love me, let me go |
| 0:36.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1257 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:40.0 | a baseball podcast from Fangrafts presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:44.0 | I am Ben Lemberg of the Ringer joined by Jeff Sullivan of Fangrafts Hello Jeff |
| 0:48.0 | Hi Ben, we are also joined by someone whose work we really enjoy and admire |
| 0:54.0 | Hopefully you have read it or soon will read it at baseball perspectives or the heart of times or vice |
| 0:59.0 | She is everywhere these days Rachel McDaniel, welcome to Effectively Wild |
| 1:03.0 | Hello, thanks for having me on |
| 1:05.0 | Thank you for joining us in the midst of wildfires that are ravaging your native territory of Vancouver |
| 1:11.0 | Which is very near and dear to my heart |
| 1:13.0 | I know that both of you are just enshrouded in some sort of toxic air right now |
| 1:19.0 | I hope that you are both safe and okay and that so is everyone around you |
| 1:23.0 | The air quality measurements are on the China scale right now |
| 1:27.0 | This is a good time to be working from home |
| 1:29.0 | Yeah it's great to look out the window and just see a bank of smoke drifting down from the sky |
| 1:35.0 | Yeah I get that here too but it's not from natural causes |
| 1:39.0 | Like if Ramon Louriana were to throw a baseball from where I'm sitting right now I couldn't see it land |
| 1:45.0 | So later in this episode we are bringing on Billy Bean |
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