Effectively Wild Episode 1343: Season Preview Series: Cubs and Rangers
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2019
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and guest co-host Steven Goldman of The Infinite Inning banter about Luis Severino’s injury and the perils of spring training, Sonny Gray’s slider problem and the perils of player development, and Ben’s series at The Ringer about scouting past and present, then preview the 2019 Cubs (34:19) with The Athletic’s Cubs beat writer Sahadev Sharma, and the 2019 Texas Rangers (1:13:15) with The Athletic’s Rangers beat writer, Levi Weaver.
Audio intro: Slothrust, "Baby One More Time"
Audio interstitial 1: The Bangles, "Under a Cloud"
Audio interstitial 2: Hop Along, "Texas Funeral"
Audio outro: Teenage Fanclub, "Live in the Moment"
Link to article on Gray’s sliders
Link to first part of Ben’s scouting series
Link to second part of Ben’s scouting series
Link to Ruffcorn reports
Link to Levi’s story on Clyde and pensions
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| 0:00.0 | I must confess that my loneliness is killing me now |
| 0:08.0 | Don't you know I still believe that you will be here |
| 0:14.5 | and give me a sign |
| 0:18.5 | Hit me maybe one more time |
| 0:21.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 1343 |
| 0:24.5 | of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcaster |
| 0:27.0 | Bandgraves presented by Elevatorian supporters |
| 0:30.0 | I am Ben Nderk El Dominguer |
| 0:32.0 | and I am joined by guest co-host and former colleague of baseball |
| 0:36.4 | prospectus and current host of the Infinite Inning podcast |
| 0:40.0 | and longtime friend Steve Goldman |
| 0:42.0 | Hey Steve, hey Ben how are you? |
| 0:44.0 | I'm doing well happy to have you here |
| 0:46.0 | I feel like I should say just for the listeners |
| 0:49.0 | who are wondering that this will be the last guest co-host |
| 0:53.5 | before the permanent co-host announcement is made |
| 0:57.0 | so stay tuned sometime soon |
| 0:59.0 | I don't want to overshadow the pleasure of having you guest co-host this episode |
| 1:04.0 | but I worry that the Facebook group is about to devolve into a Lord of the Fly situation |
| 1:09.5 | if order is not restored sometime soon |
| 1:11.5 | so know that order is about to be restored |
| 1:14.5 | but I'm happy that I've had time to have you on today |
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