Effectively Wild Episode 1341: Jesse Thorn, Bryce Harper, and Cardinals and Giants Previews
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2019
⏱️ 114 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and guest co-host Jesse Thorn of Maximum Fun banter about Bryce Harper signing with the Phillies and the intriguing NL East, Jesse’s Giants fandom, being an ambassador of baseball to non-fans, and Jesse’s beliefs about baseball fashion, then preview the 2019 St. Louis Cardinals (30:00) with man of many outlets Will Leitch, and the 2019 San Francisco Giants (1:09:47) with SFBay News Giants beat writer Julie Parker.
Audio intro: The Smiths, "The Boy With the Thorn in His Side"
Audio interstitial 1: Camera Obscura, "William’s Heart"
Audio interstitial 2: The Mountain Goats, "Pink and Blue"
Audio outro: Julian Lennon, "Jesse"
Link to Ben’s Harper article
Link to Put This On
Link to Jordan, Jesse, Go!
Link to Bullseye
Link to Go Fact Yourself
Link to Will’s newsletter
Link to preorder The MVP Machine
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| 0:00.0 | I can't see the love in my eyes, is the vaginal divorce |
| 0:07.0 | And I feel all this time |
| 0:11.0 | They don't want to believe us |
| 0:16.0 | And if they don't believe us now, we'll never believe us |
| 0:24.0 | And you want to live, I can start where you go |
| 0:29.0 | Could you sing now? |
| 0:32.0 | Oh, oh |
| 0:34.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1441 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast with |
| 0:39.0 | Ben Graffs presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:42.0 | I am Ben Lemberg of the Ringer and I have a great guest co-host with me today |
| 0:46.0 | Probably too great because people will be disappointed that he is not the permanent co-host |
| 0:50.0 | He has an interview, a fish and an auto |
| 0:53.0 | Oh, God, Ben, now people are going to be disappointed in how not great I am |
| 0:57.0 | Sorry, that was a big build up and I didn't even finish building you up so I will continue |
| 1:02.0 | He is a fashion plate, a podcast in Pricario, a facial hair haver |
| 1:07.0 | He is Jesse Thorn, the founder of Maximum Fun, the host of Bullseye with Jesse Thorn |
| 1:12.0 | And Jordan Jesse Go, the bail-up of Judge John Hodgman |
| 1:16.0 | I could keep going but we do have guests to get to Jesse, welcome to Effectively Wild |
| 1:21.0 | You left out my high school theater credit |
| 1:23.0 | Sorry, you know you have frequented our Facebook group for a while and every time you post |
| 1:28.0 | And there's someone who listens to you elsewhere says, wait is this that Jesse Thorn? |
| 1:33.0 | And then someone else posts a gif of Mr. Peanut Butter saying, what is this across over episodes? |
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