Effectively Wild Episode 1393: Wobbles and Squabbles
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2019
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Albert Pujols’ touching return to St. Louis, the Dodgers’ deceptive Will Smith walk-off and the reason for the proportional increase in non-pulled home runs, Commissioner Manfred’s latest comments about the ball and dingers, Newsday beat writer Tim Healey’s clubhouse confrontation with Jason Vargas and Mets manager Mickey Callaway, and the possibly pivotal PED suspension of Oakland’s Frankie Montas. Then they revisit two Sullivan-era chats about “baseball IQ” and whether facing death would make baseball teams better, pass judgement on an alleged Mariners-related fun fact, provide an update on Dylan Bundy’s periodic inattention to baserunners, and discuss the causes of the persistent poor performance of relievers relative to starters and the continued democratization of saves.
Audio intro: The Beach Boys, "Angel Come Home"
Audio outro: The Coral, "Come Home"
Link to Doolittle on peak Pujols vs. Trout
Link to video of Pujols’s first at-bat as an Angel in St. Louis
Link to video of Pujols homering in St. Louis
Link to Will’s Pujols newsletter
Link to Derrick’s story on the possible Pujols trade
Link to video of Smith’s surprising walk-off homer
Link to Manfred’s latest comments about the ball
Link to Tim Healey’s explanation of the Callaway/Vargas incident
Link to Verducci on bullpens
Link to Rob Arthur on pitchers’ hot hands
Link to Clay’s comment on starters and stuff
Link to order The MVP Machine
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We are closer together by being apart |
| 0:11.0 | When my angel comes home |
| 0:14.0 | It's been hell being here alone |
| 0:20.0 | God tell me why has she flown so far away |
| 0:26.0 | I'm fresh, won't stay another day |
| 0:31.0 | I've been heaven when my angel comes home |
| 0:36.0 | Please come home |
| 0:38.0 | Good morning and welcome to episode 1393 of Effectively While |
| 0:43.0 | The Baseball Podcasts on Fingracks.com |
| 0:45.0 | Brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:48.0 | I'm Sam Miller of ESPN along with Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer |
| 0:52.0 | Hello Ben, how are you? |
| 0:55.0 | What do you want to talk about? |
| 0:57.0 | You said disgusted with yourself for asking me to do a obligatory question |
| 1:01.0 | I mean, yeah, everything's up |
| 1:03.0 | Yeah, I'm maintaining homeostasis, nothing unusual going on here |
| 1:07.0 | So what do you want to talk about? |
| 1:09.0 | I have a bunch of things to talk about |
| 1:11.0 | I don't know what your topic is, but I've got some banter |
| 1:13.0 | I figured first we could talk about Albert Poohol's and his homecoming weekend in St. Louis |
| 1:18.0 | I really enjoyed that |
| 1:20.0 | I wasn't circling it on the calendar and advance or anything |
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