Effectively Wild Episode 1485: Block Bluster
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2020
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about 2019’s non-playoff teams actually being the big buyers this winter, the six-player Rays-Cardinals trade involving Matthew Liberatore and José Martínez, working with friends, and the Mariners not making trades, then answer emails about what constitutes a blockbuster trade, the worst go-for-it trades, and whether it’s better for the fans of a losing World Series team to know that the victorious team illegally stole signs.
Audio intro: Sister Sledge, "Blockbuster Boy"
Audio outro: Tame Impala, "The Less I Know the Better"
Link to latest Ben Clemens research on signings
Link to Craig Edwards on winning and free-agent spending
Link to Ben Clemens breakdown of the Cardinals-Rays trade
Link to Sam’s famous Rays trade tweet
Link to list of disastrous deadline deals
Link to video of Smith’s homer
Link to order The MVP Machine
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| 0:00.0 | What was the point? |
| 0:03.0 | You crossed the love explosion |
| 0:07.0 | I love it special |
| 0:09.0 | What was the point? |
| 0:11.0 | You really blew my mind |
| 0:15.0 | What was the point? |
| 0:18.0 | Baby, I've done my best |
| 0:22.0 | Be my boy, I'm mine |
| 0:24.0 | What was the point? |
| 0:26.0 | I have this right |
| 0:29.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1485 |
| 0:33.0 | Effectively wild a fan graphs |
| 0:35.0 | Baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Meg Rally of Fan Graphs |
| 0:39.0 | And I am joined as always by Ben Limberg of the Ranger |
| 0:41.0 | Ben, how are you? |
| 0:43.0 | Doing real nice thing about the fact that we do these things |
| 0:46.0 | As kind of the last task in our week |
| 0:49.0 | Often on Friday afternoons |
| 0:51.0 | Is that I always feel really loose |
| 0:53.0 | This is the only thing standing between me and relaxation |
| 0:57.0 | Not that recording this podcast is not a joy in itself |
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