Effectively Wild Episode 1718: MLB in the Multiverse of Madness

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K 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 […]

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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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