Effectively Wild Episode 1441: It Was the Kersh of Times
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2019
⏱️ 112 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the wild NLDS Game 5 between the Dodgers and the Nationals and the wild (in a different way) NLDS Game 5 between the Braves and the Cardinals, touching on Clayton Kershaw’s blown lead and postseason career, what Dave Roberts was thinking and what’s next for him, the Nationals winning a postseason series, the Cardinals’ 10-0 first-inning lead and Jack Flaherty, Cardinals rookie Ryan Helsley and the Tomahawk Chop (1:24:48), the new, higher-drag baseball, and more, then bring on FiveThirtyEight sports editor and lifelong Twins fan Sara Ziegler to talk about Minnesta’s record 16-game postseason losing streak. her positive takeaways from the season, never making the playoffs vs. never winning there, losing by a lot vs. losing by a little, and more.
Audio intro: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, "10 x 10"
Audio interstitial: The Replacements, "Sixteen Blue"
Audio outro: Eric Matthews, "Start of the Meltdown"
Link to Ben on Dave Roberts
Link to story on Helsley
Link to Rob Arthur on the ball
Link to Ben on the ball
Link to Hot Takedown
Link to Ben on Molina, McCann, and Martin
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| 0:30.0 | 大家好,我是魔王 |
| 0:32.0 | Hello, and welcome to episode 1441 |
| 0:34.6 | of Effectively Wild |
| 0:36.1 | Fangirls baseball podcast |
| 0:37.8 | brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:39.6 | I'm Meg Rowley of Fangirls |
| 0:41.4 | and I am joined as always by Ben Limberg |
| 0:43.7 | of the Ring of Ben How are you? |
| 0:46.0 | Oh my goodness, how am I? |
| 0:48.0 | Right? |
| 0:50.0 | I'm doing considerably better than I was |
| 0:53.2 | about 12 hours or so ago |
| 0:55.7 | although I've not slept since then |
| 0:57.6 | Oh dear |
| 0:58.7 | I feel a little loopy |
| 1:00.0 | we're recording on Thursday |
| 1:02.8 | before ALDS game 5 |
| 1:04.8 | but after the ALDS game 5 |
| 1:07.5 | and what a wild day it was |
| 1:09.6 | Oh my stars |
| 1:10.7 | just truly |
| 1:12.7 | and such different versions of wild |
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