Effectively Wild Episode 1530: That’s Why They Play the Games
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2020
⏱️ 123 minutes
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Summary
With MLB in limbo, Ben Lindbergh investigates virtual baseball, talking to the designers of three new baseball video games—Ramone Russell of Sony San Diego, makers of MLB The Show 20, Markus Heinsohn of Out of the Park Developments, makers of Out of the Park Baseball 21 (37:56), and Scott Drader of Metalhead Software, makers of Super Mega Baseball 3 (1:21:50)—about the histories of their respective franchises, how their games differ stylistically, their different development plans, balancing realism and fun, how their games are helping fans and players cope with the absence of actual baseball, and much more (plus postscripts on Baseball Mogul 2020 and minor leaguers’ likenesses in MLB The Show).
Audio intro: The Alan Parsons Project, "Games People Play"
Audio interstitial 1: Jim Noir, "Do You Like Games"
Audio interstitial 2: Shout Out Louds, "Play the Game"
Audio outro: Drive-By Truckers, "Play it All Night Long"
Link to Episode 427 with Owen Good
Link to MLB The Show 20 trailer
Link to MLB The Show 20 website
Link to MLB The Show Players League
Link to MLB Network on Twitch
Link to FanGraphs on Twitch
Link to Ben on the ball in MLB The Show
Link to Mets broadcasters calling MLB The Show
Link to Ben on esports
Link to Out of the Park Baseball 21 trailer
Link to OOTP 21 website
Link to B-Ref’s OOTP 21 season sim
Link to MLB Dream Bracket
Link to Super Mega Baseball 3 trailer
Link to Super Mega Baseball 3 website
Link to Baseball Mogul 2020 website
Link to story about minor leaguers in MLB The Show
Link to Advocates for Minor Leaguers
Link to More Than Baseball
Link to order The MVP Machine
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| 0:00.0 | I don't wanna leave you no more |
| 0:03.6 | I don't wanna stay |
| 0:07.0 | And gonna spend the rest of my life |
| 0:10.2 | Why you think they live away? |
| 0:15.4 | Give me more play |
| 0:16.8 | You take it all you leave |
| 0:19.1 | Think I'll stay just don't take it right |
| 0:22.2 | If I'm telling you they too might not |
| 0:24.6 | Do you believe it |
| 0:26.2 | Give me more play |
| 0:27.6 | Give me more play |
| 0:32.6 | Hello and welcome to episode |
| 0:35.2 | 30 of effectively wild a baseball podcast from the band graphs presented by our patreon supporters |
| 0:41.2 | I am Ben Lindbergh of the ringer and today |
| 0:43.6 | I am bringing you a special episode on three baseball video game franchises that have recently released or are about to release new additions |
| 0:51.3 | MLB the show out of the park and super mega baseball |
| 0:54.8 | Sam and Meg aren't gamers so I'm flying solo today |
| 0:58.0 | I was scheduled to be joined by Owen Good of Polygon who covers sports games and joined me previously on episode |
| 1:04.7 | 427 to talk about some of the best baseball video games in the history of baseball video games |
| 1:10.0 | But Owen was among the many employees of vox and vox sites that were furloughed because of the pandemic |
| 1:17.3 | And so he was not able to join me as planned obviously hoping for the best for him and for everyone else affected |
| 1:23.6 | But that really just highlights how tough these times have been for many and how many industries have been affected by the |
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