Effectively Wild Episode 1380: Baseball is Better, but Also Worse
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2019
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about snow in Colorado, the Rockies and the decline of Kyle Freeland, and the new-look Lucas Giolito and the White Sox rebuild, then discuss the state of the standings and the number of teams out of contention, touching on how the bad teams got that way, the impact of losing on attendance, the merits of rebuilding, the struggles of the Indians and Nationals (and the success of the Twins), the frequency of blowouts, Mike Trout leading the league in WAR, and consuming the season via players instead of via teams, and more.
Audio intro: Vampire Weekend, "Spring Snow"
Audio outro: The Proper Ornaments, "Who Thought"
Link to THT piece on Coors Field
Link to Freeland interview episode
Link to Devan on Giolito
Link to video of Giolito mechanics
Link to Eaton-Frazier feud explainer
Link to Rob Arthur on bad teams being out of the race
Link to Rob Arthur on losing and attendance
Link to Rob Mains on the decline of comebacks
Link to Jay on Cleveland’s offense
Link to Devan on the Memorial Day checkpoint
Link to preorder The MVP Machine
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| 0:00.0 | There's no slowing down |
| 0:05.0 | If just for a day |
| 0:09.0 | But it comes the sun |
| 0:13.0 | Those toxic old rain |
| 0:17.0 | Trace that moon |
| 0:21.0 | Bare start to rain |
| 0:25.0 | The seasons we had |
| 0:28.0 | Don't mean anything |
| 0:31.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1380 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:35.0 | A baseball podcast from Fangrass |
| 0:37.0 | Presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:39.0 | I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined van Megg rally of Fangrass |
| 0:42.0 | Hello Meg |
| 0:43.0 | Hello |
| 0:44.0 | You got snowed on this week |
| 0:46.0 | Oh my gosh |
| 0:47.0 | Tell me about that |
| 0:49.0 | It made, so this is a thing that is not just a personal android |
| 0:52.0 | I was in Colorado for some family stuff |
| 0:54.0 | My cousin graduated from high school |
| 0:56.0 | So good job, Maddie |
| 0:57.0 | Good luck at the University of Oregon |
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