Effectively Wild Episode 1308: What Happened in Vegas
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2018
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about Jeff’s sartorial choice during his MLB Network appearance at the Winter Meetings, Willians Astudillo striking out twice against the same pitcher in a pro game for (possibly) the first time, Scott Boras and Brian Cashman metaphors, big-picture takeaways from the Winter Meetings, the Phillies signing Andrew McCutchen, the Blue Jays releasing Troy Tulowitzki, Jerry Dipoto‘s hospital heroics and the three-way trade involving Yandy Diaz, Jake Bauers, Cole Sulser, Edwin Encarnacion, and Carlos Santana, the Jeurys Familia and Joe Kelly signings and the Alex Claudio trade, the Charlie Morton, Lance Lynn, and J.A. Happ signings, Justin Bour and Albert Pujols, Kaleb Cowart and Michael Lorenzen as two-way players, and Matt Harvey’s facial mask.
Audio intro: Weezer, "Undone – The Sweater Song"
Audio outro: Yo La Tengo, "Autumn Sweater"
Link to video of Jeff on MLB Network
Link to Jeff on the McCutchen signing
Link to Jeff on the Morton move
Link to Jeff on the three-way trade
Link to Harvey’s Instagram photo
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to destroy my sweater |
| 0:06.0 | For this day as I walk away |
| 0:11.0 | And for the earth, watch me around |
| 0:14.0 | I'll soon be naked |
| 0:17.0 | Light another ball, light another ball |
| 0:20.0 | I've come undone |
| 0:24.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1308 |
| 0:27.0 | of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from |
| 0:29.0 | Fan Graphs presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Ben Lemberg of the Vinger |
| 0:34.0 | And joining me as always as seen on MLB Network |
| 0:37.0 | Jeff Sullivan of Fan Graphs |
| 0:39.0 | Hello Jeff |
| 0:40.0 | Hello, how are you? |
| 0:41.0 | There's a long thread in our Facebook group |
| 0:43.0 | Which I'm assuming you have not read |
| 0:45.0 | About your sweater in your MLB network appearance |
| 0:49.0 | People had opinions about that sweater |
| 0:51.0 | Some good, some bad |
| 0:53.0 | Love that sweater, I don't know if white, off white |
| 0:55.0 | Is the best idea for her television news |
| 0:57.0 | It was cold out there, I didn't want to bring my jacket though |
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