Effectively Wild Episode 1605: Welcome to the World Series
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2020
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the exciting seventh games that decided the ALCS and NLCS, the exits of the Astros and Braves, the Braves’ future, how the Dodgers defeated Atlanta, the joy of home run robberies, the Mookie trade revisited, and more, then preview the World Series, focusing on the return of off days, the similarities and differences between the Dodgers and Rays, how we got a matchup between the two top seeds, the dangers of shifting against right-handed hitters, the best way to frame the payroll disparity between Andrew Friedman’s former and current clubs, the Dodgers’ legacy, and the factors that could decide the series.
Audio intro: Billy Joel, "Got to Begin Again"
Audio outro: Vetiver, "More of This"
Link to Ben on NLCS Game 7
Link to Wood’s comments on the Dodgers’ mindset
Link to Eno on the aesthetics of the Rays
Link to postseason home run robberies montage
Link to Ben on the golden age of home run robberies
Link to Smith’s shift-beating grounder
Link to Tango on shifting against righties
Link to Meg on Gonsolin’s look
Link to Tom Ley on trading Mookie
Link to Ben on the Braves’ rebuild in 2019
Link to Baumann on the Braves’ pitching test in 2020
Link to Rob Arthur on postseason fastball velocity
Link to Jay on Arozarena
Link to Dan’s World Series preview
Link to FanGraphs playoff coverage
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| 0:00.0 | And despite all the truth that's been thrown in my face, I just can't get you out of my mind |
| 0:13.5 | But I've got to begin again |
| 0:19.0 | Though I don't know how to start |
| 0:23.5 | Yes, I got to begin again |
| 0:28.5 | And it's hard |
| 0:32.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 16-05 of Effectively Wildly, a Spawn podcast from Fan Graphs |
| 0:39.5 | presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:41.5 | I am Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer, joined by Meg Rallyh of Fan Graphs. Hello, Meg. |
| 0:46.5 | Hello. |
| 0:47.5 | I've got ourselves a world series. |
| 0:49.5 | We sure do. |
| 0:50.5 | How exciting. |
| 0:51.5 | It's all been leading up to this, almost three months of this baseball season. |
| 0:57.5 | I guess it's almost three months. |
| 1:00.5 | Almost three months. |
| 1:02.5 | What a weird time we live in Ben. |
| 1:05.5 | Yeah, sure is. |
| 1:06.5 | So we got two game sevens in the championship series that really turned out to be a more exciting and drawn out round than it looked like it was going to. |
| 1:16.5 | When the rays were up three nothing and the braves were up three one looked like that might all be over with quickly. |
| 1:22.5 | And then we got two exciting game sevens and you and I spoke for the entirety of ALCS game seven because we were doing one of our Patreon live streams, which we will be doing again this Saturday for World Series game four. |
| 1:37.5 | But we have not yet spoken after NLCS game seven and we have not really talked about this World Series match up. |
| 1:44.5 | So that's what we're going to do today and we actually have an off day to do it. |
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