Effectively Wild Episode 1718: MLB in the Multiverse of Madness
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2021
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the 10th anniversary of Mike Trout’s promotion to the majors, Rey Ordóñez and other players with high highlights-to-value ratios, opting against an Albert Pujols pun, MLB wisely forgoing the humidor for the Home Run Derby, and a quibble with the Derby bracket, then follow up on a discussion of mid-inning coaching visits for hitters and answer listener emails about the value of an above-average broadcast crew, letting All-Stars wear a special patch on their regular jerseys, how baseball would be different in a multiverse scenario, the differing levels of outrage that resulted from MLB’s assorted cheating scandals, and when rooting for individual players crosses over into rooting for teams.
Audio intro: Earlimart, "10 Years"
Audio outro: The Big Bopper, "Bopper’s Boogie Woogie"
Link to MLB.com on Trout’s 10-year anniversary
Link to Ben on Trout’s rookie year
Link to Michael Baumann on Lindor and the Mariners
Link to Ordóñez defensive highlights video
Link to story on Vieira’s debut
Link to story on the humidor and the Derby
Link to FanGraphs TV broadcaster crowdsourcing
Link to FanGraphs radio broadcaster crowdsourcing
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| 0:00.0 | 10 years time, the August sun still tries to burn our eyes |
| 0:10.0 | The same old mountain side is where we're going |
| 0:18.0 | He's still in his gun, he watched the grass keep growing |
| 0:24.0 | Just hide the sun, it's always snowing in our hearts |
| 0:34.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1718 of Effectively Wildly |
| 0:39.0 | baseball podcast for the bandrats presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:43.0 | I am Van Linger of the Ringer, joined by Meg Rally of Van Linger |
| 0:47.0 | Hello, Meg! |
| 0:48.0 | Hello! |
| 0:49.0 | Happy 10th anniversary of Mike Traut making the nature of leagues |
| 0:53.0 | Yeah, 9 days after I met the woman who would become my wife |
| 0:58.0 | I formed another lasting relationship when I met a major leager named Mike Traut |
| 1:03.0 | July 8th, 2011, he went over 3 against the Mariners |
| 1:07.0 | It was an inauspicious start and sort of an inauspicious brief rookie campaign |
| 1:12.0 | But we know what happened next and it's been a hell of a ride since then |
| 1:17.0 | So I feel like we should do just a general Mike Traut appreciation episode |
| 1:21.0 | And maybe for his 30th birthday coming up in less than a month now |
| 1:26.0 | Wow! |
| 1:27.0 | Yeah, I don't really want to think about that either |
| 1:31.0 | But it's common whether we want it to or not |
| 1:34.0 | And it feels a little strange to do a Mike Traut celebration right now |
| 1:38.0 | When he is on the injured list and has been for a while |
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