Effectively Wild Episode 1357: Bryce and Brockmire
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In a bonus episode of EW, Ben Lindbergh and The Ringer’s Michael Baumann banter about Bryce Harper’s transparently but nonetheless almost endearingly calculated campaign to win over Philly fans, why it’s working for him, and whether he could take it too far, then (14:26) talk to actor Hank Azaria, the star of IFC baseball TV series Brockmire, about the show’s return for a third season and how it doubled down on baseball references, incorporated new cast members, adapted to a sober Brockmire, and branched out into social commentary without sacrificing silliness.
Audio intro: The Beths, "You Wouldn’t Like Me"
Audio interstitial: Johnny Flynn, "Heart Sunk Hank"
Audio outro: Everclear, "TV Show"
Link to examples of Harper pandering
Link to Brockmire site (and premiere video)
Link to preorder The MVP Machine
iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)
Sponsor Us on Patreon
Facebook Group
Effectively Wild Wiki
Twitter Account
Get Our Merch!
Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | And feel so much like being in my bed, or you should know of you. |
| 0:06.0 | You would like me, if you saw what was I here. |
| 0:12.0 | You would like me at all. |
| 0:17.0 | Now you, you would like me at all. |
| 0:21.0 | The men around living are me here. |
| 0:25.0 | You would like me at all. |
| 0:29.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1357 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast for bandwrafs presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:37.0 | I am Ben MacGerig of the Vinger. |
| 0:39.0 | For the second week in a row, I am doing a bonus episode of Effectively Wild. |
| 0:43.0 | And this time around, I am joined by my colleague from the Vinger and the Vinger MLB show Michael Bammock. |
| 0:48.0 | Hello Michael. |
| 0:49.0 | That's my line. Hello and welcome. |
| 0:51.0 | Yeah, so we're reviving a tradition here. |
| 0:54.0 | The third year in a row that we are talking to Hank Azaria about a new season of Rockmeyer, which is a baseball show. |
| 1:02.0 | It is the best baseball show. |
| 1:04.0 | It's the only baseball show in the post-pitch environment. |
| 1:07.0 | If you want baseball entertainment, this is pretty much the only show in town. |
| 1:12.0 | Literally, fortunately, it's a good one. |
| 1:14.0 | And so we've talked to Hank. |
| 1:16.0 | We talked to him on the Vinger pod the first time and then on Effectively Wild last time. |
| 1:20.0 | And we're going to talk to him again because Rockmeyer comes back for its third season on Wednesday, 10pm on IFC. |
| 1:27.0 | We really dug the third season. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.