Effectively Wild Episode 1390: Baseball’s Biggest Mystery
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about the Yankees acquiring Edwin Encarnacion and some surprising names near the top of the MLB home-run leaderboard, Kenley Jansen’s intentional balk, and a fun fact starring Hyun-Jin Ryu, then reckon with some of the most perplexing player seasons of 2019, focusing on the enigma that is the boom-and-bust trajectory of Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez.
Audio intro: The Olivia Tremor Control, "Mystery"
Audio outro: The Beach Boys, "You’re Still a Mystery"
Link to video of Jansen balk
Link to video of Segura baserunning play
Link to 2018 trade value rankings
Link to order The MVP Machine
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Next story |
| 0:05.0 | Aux mother us again |
| 0:08.0 | Like a moon and a wet grass |
| 0:11.0 | Right through the fog and air flames |
| 0:17.0 | You do |
| 0:21.0 | I know it's hard to believe |
| 0:24.0 | Something you can't see |
| 0:28.0 | I know it's hard to believe |
| 0:33.0 | Something you can't see |
| 0:38.0 | Good morning and welcome to episode 1390 |
| 0:41.0 | Effectively wild, the baseball podcast on fangrafts.com |
| 0:44.0 | Brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:47.0 | I'm Sam Miller of ESPN, along with Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer |
| 0:51.0 | Hey Ben, hello, how are ya? |
| 0:53.0 | Not too bad |
| 0:54.0 | What's got you? What's got you so not too bad? |
| 0:57.0 | Well on Saturday I went to see friend of the show Ben Gibber |
| 1:01.0 | And Jenny Lewis play a concert in Queens |
| 1:04.0 | That was really fun |
| 1:05.0 | Enemy of the show Jenny Lewis |
| 1:07.0 | Sworn enemy |
| 1:09.0 | Yeah, that's right |
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