Effectively Wild Episode 1691: Adios, Albert
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Byron Buxton and the Twins, discuss the Angels designating Albert Pujols for assignment, and answer listener emails about whether to accept a scenario where one’s team always finishes .500 but one also gets to enjoy the career of a generational player, pitchers accepting automatic strikeouts, the best way for catchers to call for appeals on check swings, and appreciating the community of baseball as much as or more so than the sport itself, plus a Stat Blast about Glenn Davis and the most lopsided trades of all time.
Audio intro: British Sea Power, "Albert’s Eyes"
Audio outro: Shocking Blue, "Never Release the One You Love"
Link to Rosenthal on injuries in 2021
Link to Sam in 2012 on Pujols
Link to Ben in 2017 on Ohtani and Pujols
Link to data on most hits above .300
Link to Ben on retirement gifts
Link to Meg on retirement gifts
Link to interview with LSU pitcher
Link to Ben on checked swings
Link to Stat Blast data on lopsided trades
Link to Ardaya on Pujols
Link to Rosenthal on Pujols
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| 0:00.0 | When your motion is still my castle |
| 0:09.3 | Is it through the depth of life or time |
| 0:19.2 | An arm of thee, a creation 지� Eltern |
| 0:26.9 | Hello and welcome to episode 1691 of Effectively Wild, a fan-graphed baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:42.4 | I'm McRally of FanGrafts and I am joined as always by Ben Lemberg of The Ringer. |
| 0:46.0 | Ben, how are you? |
| 0:47.0 | We're read about Byron Buckstay. |
| 0:48.8 | Oh no! |
| 0:50.8 | I know. |
| 0:51.8 | I don't want to have this conversation. |
| 0:54.2 | I don't want to worry about Byron Buckst and he's only day to day right now, so no cause for concern, right? |
| 1:00.2 | Right, I mean, who among us is not day to day? |
| 1:02.9 | Sure. |
| 1:03.9 | Hipstrain, day to day. |
| 1:06.5 | He ran to first base and had an awkward stride sort of like Luis Robert, but not devastating. |
| 1:13.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:14.3 | Up to this point, just a hipstrain, not a torn hip flexor. |
| 1:18.0 | I'm sure he'll be fine and healthy and be back soon. |
| 1:21.7 | So yeah, he's actually on the leaderboard now, you don't have to change the qualification setting. |
| 1:29.4 | He is qualified for the batting title, at least as of today, although maybe he won't be if he misses a few games, |
| 1:35.9 | but he trails only, might trout among position players. |
| 1:39.6 | So please let us see a full healthy Byron Buckst in season, health gods. |
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