Effectively Wild Episode 1765: Of Cinnabon and Shifts
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary

Before Game 3 of the World Series, Meg Rowley and guest co-host Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated discuss postseason travel for sportswriters, the forgotten virtues of suburban malls, Emma’s piece on how Atlanta shifted its stance on the shift midseason, and how the front office, Ron Washington, and the players came together to adopt the defensive strategy, as well as the length and pace of postseason games. Then at a listener’s suggestion, they draft replacement players for each World Series team from the clubs those teams have already vanquished before discussing what Bob Melvin’s hiring as the new manager of the San Diego Padres means for the Padres… and the Oakland A’s.
Audio intro: The Decemberists, “On the Bus Mall”
Audio outro: Phoebe Bridgers, “Georgia”
Link to Five and Dive, Emma’s podcast at Baseball Prospectus
Link to Emma on Atlanta and the shift
Link to Emma on Atlanta’s pitching options
Link to Emma on the Oakland A’s from 2018
Link to Ben Clemens’ piece on Atlanta’s pitching
Link to Dennis Lin on Bob Melvin’s hiring
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| 0:00.0 | And in our home we feel like a family |
| 0:10.0 | But I will not mourn for you |
| 0:18.0 | So take up your anger |
| 0:26.0 | And why get your pills away |
| 0:32.0 | We're dreams some other runaways |
| 0:36.0 | On the bus small |
| 0:42.0 | We're down |
| 0:46.0 | On the bus small |
| 0:50.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1765 of the fact that for a while |
| 0:53.0 | A bad rap space ball black pass card to our Patreon supporters |
| 0:56.0 | I'm a rally fan of someone joined today by Emma Bachelari of sports illustrated Emma. How are you? |
| 1:01.0 | I am great. Happy to be here |
| 1:03.0 | Thank you for joining me. We are going to talk about Bob Milvin. We are going to talk about the World Series matchups that are to come. |
| 1:11.0 | But first I thought that we would start with your road travels. You are one of several |
| 1:17.0 | I tend to go from place to place as part of the post season. And I think this is interesting to people. It is interesting to me as someone who prefers to be home more than anywhere else. Really? |
| 1:31.0 | What is the month of October like for you from a travel perspective? |
| 1:35.0 | Yeah, it's as you said, it is a lot. And it's the sort of thing where of course I'm extraordinarily lucky to get to do this. |
| 1:43.0 | And the actual baseball itself is wonderful. And you of course don't want to sound ungrateful for that because I do try hard to be as grateful for that as I should be. |
| 1:53.0 | But I would also really like to sleep in my own bed. I am very much looking forward to being able to do that within a week at the latest. |
| 2:02.0 | Although gosh, another week right now it sounds like quite a long time. But yes, it is kind of a grind. |
| 2:08.0 | So where have your travels taken you so far this post season? |
| 2:13.0 | I was actually I consider myself lucky and that I did not have a CS assignment. So I got a break in the middle. But yes, I started with the ALDS in Boston and St. Pete. |
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