Effectively Wild Episode 1344: Something Old, Something New
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh (re)introduces new co-hosts Sam Miller of ESPN and Meg Rowley of FanGraphs. Together, they explain the show’s new format and schedule, pay tribute to departed co-host Jeff Sullivan, and answer listener emails about a team made of clones of Ken Griffey Jr., how to reacclimate to baseball after taking an offseason off, and what they’re most anticipating about the 2019 season.
Audio intro: The Frames, "New Partner"
Audio outro: The Lemon Twigs, "As Long As We’re Together"
Link to Griffey clone commercial
Link to Ben’s Griffey scouting report article
Link to Sam’s Belt/beer vendor article
Link to Sam on position players pitching
Link to Sam’s Bartolo article
Link to preorder The MVP Machine
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| 0:00.0 | You're always on my mind. |
| 0:05.2 | You're always on my mind. |
| 0:11.3 | You're always on my mind. |
| 0:16.9 | You're always on my mind. |
| 0:23.0 | And oh, I got it. |
| 0:27.6 | I got it in the corner now. |
| 0:35.3 | Hello and welcome to episode 1344, a historic episode of Effectively Wild, a baseball |
| 0:41.9 | podcast from Fangrafts presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:45.3 | I've been Lindbergh of the Ringer and it is finally time to end the suspense. |
| 0:49.8 | I am joined today by the old and also new co-host of Effectively Wild, Sam Miller of ESPN. |
| 0:56.3 | Hello Sam. |
| 0:57.3 | I am also joined by the new second co-host of Effectively Wild, Meg Rally of Vagress. |
| 1:02.5 | Hello Meg. |
| 1:03.4 | Hello. |
| 1:04.4 | So Sam and Meg are my co-hosts and I am their co-host and they are each other's co-hosts |
| 1:08.8 | and we're all just kind of co-hosting together and turning Effectively Wild into a three-person |
| 1:14.5 | podcast. |
| 1:15.5 | And now that this is official, I just want to say how happy I am to have both of you |
| 1:20.0 | on board because Sam we wrote a book and started this show together and it is wonderful |
| 1:25.0 | to work with you again. |
| 1:26.0 | And Meg, it is wonderful to work with you for the first time and it's going to be great |
| 1:29.9 | to have you here often not because you got a new job or because we're doing a Mariners |
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