Effectively Wild Episode 1593: When You Wish Wilpon a Star
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 September 2020
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Justin Verlander’s Tommy John surgery, a different way to expand the playoffs, and whether MLB’s approach to playing in 2020 has been vindicated, then (38:52) talk to Defector’s David Roth about the Mets being sold to Steve Cohen, what life as a fan would be like without the Wilpons, his expectations and hopes for the franchise, and co-founding Defector.
Audio intro: Matthew Sweet, "Nothing Lasts"
Audio interstitial: Amy O, "David"
Audio outro: Sloan, "Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore"
Link to Ben on elbow injuries
Link to Rob Arthur on the expanded playoffs
Link to Boras on the expanded playoffs
Link to Craig Edwards on the Mets sale
Link to David on the Mets sale
Link to blog post about being on time
Link to David’s podcast
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| 0:00.0 | Nothing's in your way |
| 0:04.0 | Now you can stand right up and run |
| 0:11.0 | Wouldn't even change things |
| 0:15.0 | If you took back what you've done |
| 0:20.0 | I've tried to hang on to the past |
| 0:27.0 | But I couldn't keep my grasp |
| 0:31.0 | Could nothing last |
| 0:33.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1593 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:37.0 | A Fangrafts baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Megrelia Fangrafts and I'm joined as always by Ben Lemberg of the Rare |
| 0:44.0 | Ben, how are you? |
| 0:45.0 | I am alright, how are you? |
| 0:47.0 | I'm good, it rained |
| 0:49.0 | It rained all weekend, Ben |
| 0:50.0 | Normally not a good thing |
| 0:51.0 | No, but, but uh |
| 0:54.0 | In this case it's great because you know what, my air quality is good |
| 0:58.0 | Sounds good |
| 0:59.0 | Yeah |
| 1:00.0 | I'm happy for you |
| 1:01.0 | Speaking of smoke and air quality |
| 1:03.0 | We were just watching a Mets game in which something just beyond city field was on fire |
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