Effectively Wild Episode 1723: Absolute Zero
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2021
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the return of the debate about batting around and other unending debates they do or don’t care about, whether MLB should borrow the NFL’s plan to make clubs forfeit games that can’t be played because of unvaccinated players, Willians Astudillo being back in the big leagues, and listeners’ suggestions for alternate cycles, then answer listener emails about Zack Greinke and the Expos, turning the zombie runner into a ghost runner, beliefs about baseball that they have changed their minds about or will change their minds about, a baseball equivalent of pulling the goalie, and how long it would take aging former stars’ career WARs to hit zero, plus a Stat Blast about the Mariners and teams with the longest droughts since their last sweep of a homestand or road trip.
Audio intro: Lou Reed, "Endless Cycle"
Audio outro: Death Cab for Cutie, "Debate Exposes Doubt"
Link to WSJ batting around article
Link to Deadspin batting around article
Link to 2019 batting around video
Link to 2021 batting around video
Link to “triple short of cycle” games
Link to “Miggy cycle” games
Link to story about NFL forfeits
Link to post about pulling the goalie
Link to post about civilian WAR
Link to post about potato WAR
Link to Stat Blast data
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I can't tell a good act from the bad. |
| 0:06.3 | He can't even remember his name. |
| 0:11.6 | I can't do what needs to be done. |
| 0:14.9 | When he's a follower and not a leader. |
| 0:19.8 | Hello and welcome to episode 1723 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from fan graphs presented |
| 0:27.2 | by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:29.2 | I am Ben the burger of the ringer, Troy Ben, Meg Rally of fan graphs. |
| 0:32.4 | Hello, Meg. |
| 0:33.4 | Hi. |
| 0:34.4 | Meg, I got sucked into the batting around debate again. |
| 0:37.8 | Wow. |
| 0:38.8 | How this always happens. |
| 0:39.8 | Ben. |
| 0:40.8 | I care about it for some reason. |
| 0:42.0 | I've tried not to care. |
| 0:43.2 | I don't care about every other internet debate that comes up again and again. |
| 0:48.0 | I don't care if a hot dog is a sandwich. |
| 0:50.2 | I don't care what kind of chili you like or dislike. |
| 0:53.6 | Really every food related debate. |
| 0:56.0 | I don't care. |
| 0:57.0 | Matter of taste, semantics, whatever. |
| 0:59.7 | Even other divisive baseball conversations that come up over and over again, like striking |
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