Effectively Wild Episode 1719: The Derby and the Draft

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Rob Manfred teasing a possible permanent reprieve from zombie runners and seven-inning doubleheaders, react to Monday’s Home Run Derby and outpouring of appreciation for Shohei Ohtani, and lament Ronald Acuña Jr.’s season-ending injury (and assess the state of the Braves). Then (45:46) they bring on FanGraphs Lead Prospect […]

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0:00.0	The bright lights of Denver are shining like diamonds,
0:05.7	Black 10,000 jewels in the sky.
0:11.6	And it's nobody's best for you going or where you come from.
0:17.4	And your judge by the look in your eye.
0:22.2	Hello and welcome to episode 1719 of Effectively Wild,
0:25.7	a fan-grapfe Spaceball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters.
0:28.6	I'm Meg Raleigh of FanGraphs and I joined as always by Ben Lumberger of the Ringer.
0:32.5	Then how are you?
0:33.7	I'm okay.
0:34.6	I'm Miles High Meg.
0:35.7	I'm dressed from Denver today.
0:37.5	Cast the air up there.
0:38.9	Uh, then, especially when you are tired from a couple of days of draft coverage,
0:44.4	but, uh, but significantly cooler than the greater Phoenix area.
0:47.4	So it's got that going for it.
0:49.4	Yeah, so we've got a busy day today.
0:51.8	We will be welcoming on a couple of fan graphs draft dudes
0:55.5	later on in this episode, Kevin Goldstein and Eric Long and Higgin will be here
0:59.2	telling us about the draft and a little bit about the futures game.
1:02.6	And we've got to talk Derby.
1:04.6	But before that, you bring me some glad tidings today because you attended
1:09.6	the BBWA meetings with Tony Clark and then separately Rob Manfred on Tuesday.
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