Effectively Wild Episode 1448: The 21-Soto Salute
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2019
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the latest on the Astros and the benefits and limitations of front-office diversity, Rob Manfred’s new comments about the baseball, Kris Bryant’s grievance against the Cubs, umpire Rob Drake’s apology for a bad tweet, and Yu Darvish’s good tweets, then answer listener emails about Juan Soto’s age and clubhouse drinking, the Nationals’ clubhouse chemistry, whether teams should stagger their starters to avoid opponents’ aces, whether stealing third is easier than stealing second, whether baseball should have a playoff losers bracket, and whether pitchers can use the variation between baseballs to their advantage.
Audio intro: Thrush Hermit, "This Week"
Audio outro: Modern Baseball, "Play Ball!"
Link to Manfred’s comments about the ball
Link to article about Bryant’s grievance
Link to article about Rob Drake’s tweets
Link to Rob Drake’s apology
Link to Boswell article about the Nats’ chemistry
Link to Svrluga article about the Nats’ chemistry
Link to article about the Astros’ chemistry
Link to Ben on forecasting chemistry
Link to Emma on MLB’s issues
Link to video of Soto’s sparkling grape juice
Link to story on Harper’s apple cider
Link to Rob’s new research about the ball
Link to story on Darvish/Verlander tweets
Link to Ben Clemens on staggering starters
Link to Dan Lependorf on staggering starters
Link to Dan Meyer on staggering starters
Link to Roger Cheng on staggering starters
Link to order The MVP Machine
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| 0:00.0 | I could just drive you on the way |
| 0:03.5 | Decorated just like yesterday |
| 0:07.4 | Yesterday is the day of the week |
| 0:12.0 | Velloriness is portrayed as the meek |
| 0:16.4 | But in my eyes a desperation |
| 0:20.8 | Would I tremble one over everyone? |
| 0:24.7 | No, I sound alive to bring in the bells |
| 0:29.5 | So just out of arms and ringing the bells |
| 0:33.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 1448 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:37.3 | A bandgrass baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:41.2 | I'm Meg Rallye, a bandgrass and I am joined as always by Ben Lumberg of the ringer |
| 0:46.0 | Ben Howerio |
| 0:47.2 | I'm better physically, not sure if I'm better in spirit |
| 0:50.6 | But some things have improved since last week |
| 0:53.2 | You know, that's all we can really ask for |
| 0:55.0 | Is marginal progress forward improvement and our March toward death? |
| 1:00.7 | I don't know |
| 1:02.7 | I'm doing great |
| 1:04.0 | Death comment |
| 1:05.5 | Just read meat for our listeners |
| 1:07.8 | They love it |
| 1:08.8 | Mortality, that's why they come to us |
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