Effectively Wild Episode 1568: What We’re Most Excited to See This Season
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 July 2020
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Baseball Prospectus editor-in-chief Craig Goldstein banter about whether official scorers will be more or less accurate when they’re working from home. Then they conduct the second of two drafts that have been presented on back-to-back episodes, completing the set by selecting five things apiece that they’re excited to see (or not see) during the shortened 2020 season. (On the preceding episode, they drafted five things apiece that they’ll miss this season.)
Audio intro: White Denim, "Good News"
Audio outro: Paul Weller, "Here’s the Good News"
Link to article about official scorers
Link to Scherzer photo tweet
Link to Chris Taylor’s satisfying-sounding home run
Link to Ben on the strikeout-rate increase streak
Link to Ben on sabermetrics meeting the 60-game season
Link to Ben on embracing small-sample randomness
Link to photo of masked pitching coach covering mouth
Link to Rob Arthur on bat cracks in 2014
Link to Rob Arthur on bat cracks in 2020
Link to Ben Clemens on non-playoff teams improving
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Link to Alyssa Nakken video
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| 0:00.0 | I've got to move you, you lose |
| 0:05.0 | Oh, my pain |
| 0:10.0 | I hope you don't get along |
| 0:15.0 | For the day you'll stay with me |
| 0:20.0 | At least I don't have |
| 0:27.0 | I'm the day you'll go |
| 0:33.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1568 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:37.0 | A fan graph's baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Meg Raleigh of Fan Graphs |
| 0:42.0 | And I am joined as always by Ben Lemberg of the Ringer of Bad Harry You |
| 0:45.0 | Hello, okay |
| 0:46.0 | And we're also joined in part two of a draft |
| 0:49.0 | Day by Craig Goldstein of baseball perspective |
| 0:53.0 | Craig, how are you today? |
| 0:55.0 | I'm doing great, thank you for having me |
| 0:57.0 | No, we're so happy to have you |
| 0:59.0 | So yeah, I've done the intro part of our intro, but Ben, do you want to lay out this draft? |
| 1:06.0 | Sure, so this is a double header draft |
| 1:10.0 | We are recording these two episodes on the same day, although you may not be listening to them that way |
| 1:15.0 | But in part one, with Craig, we drafted things that we will be sorry not to see this season |
| 1:22.0 | But we are looking forward to the 60 game schedule because of the cancelled minor league season |
| 1:26.0 | Things that we miss essentially about baseball as usual that will not be in place this season |
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