Effectively Wild Episode 1301: Twilight Doubleheader
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2018
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Oliver Drake’s new/old home, the Braves signing Josh Donaldson and Brian McCann and converting Johan Camargo, the Pirates signing Lonnie Chisenhall, and the Twins claiming C.J. Cron, then (11:20) talk to Bill Rowe, official baseball advisor for the film Twilight, about how he helped make the movie’s depiction of vampire baseball look (more) realistic, where and how the scene was filmed, the actors’ (lack of) athleticism, what real vampire baseball would look like, the cultural significance of the scene, why he stopped playing minor league ball and switched to show business, his baseball work on Calvin Marshall, Leverage, and Portlandia, his two College World Series wins at Oregon State University, analytics at the college level, and more.
Audio intro: The Band, "Twilight"
Audio interstitial 1: Lou Reed, "Set the Twilight Reeling"
Audio interstitial 2: Elliott Smith, "Twilight"
Audio outro: Electric Light Orchestra, "Twilight"
Link to Jeff’s Cron post
Link to episode with baseball coordinator from Pitch and Moneyball
Link to Twilight scene
Link to Vulture post on Twilight
Link to baseball scene oral history
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| 0:00.0 | Don't put me in a frame upon the metal. |
| 0:06.0 | For memories turn custody all in grave. |
| 0:14.0 | Don't leave me alone in a twilight. |
| 0:22.0 | Because twilight is the longest time we've had. |
| 0:28.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1301 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast for famed graphs presented by our patrons and orders. |
| 0:37.0 | I am Baton and Berk of the Ringard Joint Fight Chef Sullivan of famed graphs. Hello! |
| 0:41.0 | Hello! We have all of our great-gos. |
| 0:43.0 | Yeah we do. |
| 0:44.0 | Oliver Drake, new team, also old team. |
| 0:46.0 | Yeah, that's the good and bad thing. |
| 0:49.0 | Do you think it's more... |
| 0:50.0 | Maybe we just need to talk to Oliver Drake and get the settled. |
| 0:53.0 | We had talked before about how Oliver Drake is belonged to 7 or was it 6? |
| 0:57.0 | 6 or 7 baseball teams in just this calendar year. |
| 1:01.0 | Yeah, played for 5 but then also went to the race. |
| 1:05.0 | He said 7 movements at this point or 6. |
| 1:10.0 | I don't know, I've lost track. |
| 1:12.0 | He's been on a lot. |
| 1:13.0 | But now when we last spoke he had been designated for a silent by the race, looking for a new job. |
| 1:19.0 | And he has a new job and it is an old job. |
| 1:22.0 | He's going back to the blue days. |
| 1:24.0 | I don't like to say it with these words but he was blue days property for about a week. |
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