Effectively Wild Episode 1625: Baseball After Dark

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley offer an update about Sam Miller’s status on the podcast, banter about the Rangers hiring former pitcher Chris Young as their new GM and play-by-play man Len Kasper’s move from Cubs TV broadcasts to White Sox radio broadcasts, and answer listener emails about how tanking teams could be more entertaining, […]

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0:00.0	Now promise me you won't forget the nights that haven't happened yet
0:09.0	Separate the smoke from all the cembers
0:15.0	Put another sticker on the van
0:20.0	The carpet at the party house
0:23.0	Turn it off and take it out
0:26.0	Somebody should check a blackout sound
0:29.0	Hello and welcome to episode 1625 of Effectively Wildly
0:34.0	Baseball Podcasts and Bandgrafts presented by our Patreon supporters
0:38.0	I am Ben Lemberg of the Ringer joined by Meg Rally of Faithcrafts
0:42.0	Hello Meg
0:43.0	Hello
0:44.0	So it is announcement time
0:47.0	I was just thinking, I guess our announcements are usually not the best news when we do
0:54.0	I don't know, is it an announcement when we say Secret Santa signups are open?
1:01.0	That's an announcement?
1:02.0	Yeah, I guess so. I don't really build it up and say here's an announcement, it's an announcement time.
1:08.0	When I do that, it's probably not a great sign. We're a pretty unimportant podcast.
1:13.0	What could we have to announce that would have great import and positive impact on the world?
1:19.0	So mostly our announcements are pretty perocule and related to this podcast and that is what this one will be.
1:26.0	So as some of you have seen, Sam, our co-host and friend, Sam Miller, was among ESPN's latest layoffs
1:35.0	And the good news for him is that he is still under contract for a little while, which kind of cushions the blow of this news.
1:43.0	The bad news for us and for you is that while he is still under contract, he can't cover baseball for a competing publication, which means that Meg and I will be back to a three times a week to host setup for the foreseeable future.
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