Effectively Wild Episode 1508: Season Preview Series: Nationals and Royals

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Twins reliever Zack Littell’s powerful affinity for cruise ships and bidding for baseballs from a baseball movie, then preview the 2020 Washington Nationals (12:39) with the Washington Post’s Sam Fortier, and the 2020 Kansas City Royals (40:26) with The Athletic’s Alec Lewis. Audio intro: Frankie Ford, "Sea Cruise" Audio interstitial […]

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0:00.0	I got to get to rock and get my hat off the rack
0:03.0	I got the boogie woogie like a knife in the back
0:06.2	So be my guest, you've got nothing to lose
0:09.3	Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise
0:12.6	Who is who we baby?
0:15.9	Who is who we baby?
0:19.1	Who is who we baby?
0:22.2	Won't you let me take you on a sea cruise?
0:26.0	Hello and welcome to episode 1508 of Effectively Wild
0:30.5	a baseball podcast bandwraps presented by our Patreon supporters
0:34.6	I'm Ben and Berk of the Ringer, joined by Sam Miller of ESPN, Lewis Sam
0:39.2	We'll be doing a season preview podcast today
0:42.1	So in just a moment we'll be talking to Sam 40A of the Washington Post
0:46.8	about the Washington Nationals followed by Alec Lewis of the Athletic
0:50.7	about the Kansas City Royals
0:52.3	Before we begin, I have to tell you about a story I just read that astounded me
0:57.2	So this is a story by Phil Miller in the Star Tribune
1:00.9	and it's about Minnesota twins reliever Zach Latel
1:04.4	right-handed reliever had a pretty good year last year
1:07.2	But it's not as much about his pitching as it is about his passion for taking cruises
1:13.7	He takes cruises every opportunity he gets
1:16.8	Evidently his family has been cruising for most of his life
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