Effectively Wild Episode 1553: The Greed to Disagree
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2020
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley review the latest lack of progress toward starting the MLB season, touching on the false hope offered by a meeting between Rob Manfred and Tony Clark, the subsequent breakdown in talks, a poll about where the public places blame for the standstill, what negotiations without leaks would look like, how the parties will proceed, and more. Then they discuss a series of COVID-19 outbreaks in baseball, the feasibility of a safe season, the importance of mask-wearing, and a Scott Boras quote about taking baseball’s temperature, plus a Stat Blast about the players who played for the most World Series-winning teams without appearing in the World Series, and a warning about top prospects’ proximity to trampolines.
Audio intro: The Sleepy Jackson, "I Understand What You Want But I Just Don’t Agree"
Audio outro: Ezra Furman, "Thermometer"
Link to story on the latest MLB disagreements
Link to The Athletic on the midpoint problem
Link to Eugene Freedman’s post
Link to The Athletic on the backgrounds of MLB owners
Link to The Athletic on COVID outbreaks in baseball
Link to study on the number of prevented infections
Link to study on the effectiveness of mask-wearing
Link to second study on the effectiveness of mask-wearing
Link to Morning Consult poll results
Link to Boras article with Verducci quotes
Link to Mayo Clinic thermometers page
Link to Stat Blast song cover by Kyle Cripps
Link to list of players with most rings without a WS appearance
Link to Wander Franco trampoline post
Link to Idiocracy thermometer scene
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| 0:00.0 | Because my eyes never be cried |
| 0:06.0 | Oh, oh, oh |
| 0:09.0 | Because my eyes never be loud |
| 0:15.0 | My eyes don't run at you |
| 0:18.0 | On the stem of the eyes |
| 0:20.0 | I don't run at you |
| 0:22.0 | On the stem of the trees |
| 0:25.0 | I don't run at you |
| 0:26.0 | But I just don't agree |
| 0:29.0 | Don't agree |
| 0:35.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1553 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:39.0 | The bandwraff's baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:42.0 | I'm Meg Raleigh of bandwraffs and I'm joined as always by Ben Lumberger of the Ranger |
| 0:46.0 | Ben, how are you? |
| 0:47.0 | I'm doing alright, how are you? |
| 0:49.0 | I'm doing alright |
| 0:50.0 | I really thought we might have some good news to talk about today |
| 0:53.0 | Instead, not really |
| 0:55.0 | No |
| 0:56.0 | We'll try our best not to be more of a bummer than baseball has been this week |
| 1:01.0 | But briefly looked like there might be a breakthrough there just for a few hours |
| 1:05.0 | Yeah |
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