Effectively Wild Episode 1502: Running Interference
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about walk-off balks, a Zack Greinke oral history, and how teams will use the new 26th roster spot, break down the responses to a Jayson Stark survey of baseball insiders about the winter and upcoming season, and answer listener emails about players’ outspoken criticisms of the Astros’ sign-stealing and Rob Manfred’s response, and which transgressions might merit vacating a team’s title, plus a Stat Blast about the ultra-rare walk-off catcher’s interference.
Audio intro: Clem Snide, "Don’t Be Afraid of Your Anger"
Audio outro: Neil Young, "Speakin’ Out"
Link to post about walk-off balks
Link to Greinke oral history
Link to Schoenfield on the 26th roster spot
Link to Stark’s survey
Link to Ben on the endless sign-stealing scandal
Link to story about players speaking out
Link to story about Astros immunity
Link to Olney on Manfred protecting the Astros
Link to Emma on players’ use of social media
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| 0:00.0 | And don't be afraid of the language. |
| 0:05.0 | I know you don't mean what you said. |
| 0:11.0 | Well, your tongue can get sharp, but it's soft in my mouth. |
| 0:18.0 | There's towels and ice. We could use. |
| 0:23.0 | Good morning and welcome to episode 1502 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:28.0 | Facebook podcast at bengrafts.com. |
| 0:31.0 | Brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm Sam Miller of ESPN along with Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer. |
| 0:38.0 | Hello. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello. How are you doing all right? |
| 0:41.0 | All right. How many walk-off box do you think there have been in history? |
| 0:45.0 | How many walk-off box? |
| 0:46.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:47.0 | Seven. |
| 0:48.0 | Yeah. They're 21, at least 21. |
| 0:52.0 | Wow. Yeah. That's gonna... That'll come up later. |
| 0:55.0 | Okay. I'm sensing a step less on that. |
| 0:58.0 | Not on that. Yeah. |
| 1:00.0 | On rarer than that. Yeah. Walk-off box don't qualify. |
| 1:03.0 | All right. Do we have even good records of that going back all the way? |
| 1:07.0 | You're confident of that number? |
| 1:08.0 | No. |
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