Effectively Wild Episode 1721: Forget it, Jake. It’s Chi-Town.
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2021
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the conditions David Fletcher has faced during his hitting streak compared to those Joe DiMaggio faced, follow up on a discussion of baseball in a multiverse scenario, discuss the difficulty of extending (or trading) Byron Buxton, mention a quest to collect Willians Astudillo cards, puzzle over the stagnation of former top prospect Nomar Mazara, and marvel at Padres rookie reliever Daniel Camarena’s improbable grand slam. Then (32:53) they talk to Jake Mintz of Cespedes Family BBQ about his All-Star week experience, his upcoming baseball bike ride from New York City to Chicago, the teams he’ll see along the way, his fateful bet about the White Sox not hiring Tony La Russa, how La Russa has handled the job in Chicago, the challenge of gauging how effective any manager is, Jake’s friendship with Jordan Shusterman, and more.
Audio intro: Billy Bragg & Wilco, "Joe DiMaggio Done it Again"
Audio interstitial: 2nd Grade, "My Bike"
Audio outro: The Dukes of Stratosphear, "Bike Ride to the Moon"
Link to Stats about DiMaggio’s streak
Link to story about official scorers and DiMaggio
Link to list of pitchers Fletcher faced
Link to Larry Niven story
Link to Buxton extension story
Link to Astudillo card collector
Link to Wallach card blog
Link to Sam on the Wallach card collector
Link to one million Cubs cards account
Link to 2019 Mazara moonshot
Link to Camarena homer
Link to Camarena backstory
Link to Camarena high-school stats
Link to story about Duggleby
Link to Andy McCullough on La Russa
Link to 2014 Cespedes BBQ road trip
Link to Jake’s 2021 trip website
Link to Lost Boyz Inc.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All three fielders jump their best |
| 0:04.0 | Traffic land that I forfeits |
| 0:08.0 | They are go-wiscus |
| 0:10.0 | On their chin |
| 0:12.0 | Tudor measures to knit again |
| 0:16.0 | The plunge of clouds will eat yours home |
| 0:20.0 | Tudor crack that ball, the wind and the road |
| 0:24.0 | Spuddies all at best, they try to knit |
| 0:28.0 | Tudor measures to knit again |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 17 21 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:34.0 | A Faggrass baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:36.0 | Admiabali Faggrass and I joined as always by Ben Humberg of the Ringer |
| 0:40.0 | Ben How are you? |
| 0:42.0 | I'm okay, I admit to mention a fun fact last time when we talked about David Fletcher |
| 0:46.0 | And into his 24 game hitting streak which is still active as we speak |
| 0:50.0 | Heading into Friday's game |
| 0:52.0 | I enjoy the genre of fun facts that compares how many pictures |
| 0:56.0 | Joe DiMaggio faced during his 56 game hitting streak |
| 1:00.0 | To how many pictures some other modern player faced |
| 1:04.0 | During his active hitting streak |
| 1:06.0 | I saw this on an Angels broadcast the other day |
| 1:10.0 | I think when he was at 23 games and I have updated it now |
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