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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 1779: The Show Must Go On

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the beginning of the lockout, which marks MLB’s ninth work stoppage and the first in 26 years. They also discuss a flurry of buzzer-beating transactions, including the Dodgers re-signing Chris Taylor, the Cubs signing Marcus Stroman, the Brewers and Red Sox swapping Jackie Bradley Jr. and Hunter Renfroe, […]

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And I've been locked out and I know where to

0:04.0

But I can't begin to face up to the truth

0:08.0

I'm waiting so long, people who want to crack

0:12.0

But I know that I will wonder how they're back

0:16.0

And I hear the songs of pillow

0:20.0

And the tassel shadow on my face

0:24.0

And the few when I look through my window

0:28.0

As an all-for-peace I'm a real truth

0:32.0

But I'm living in the dead

0:34.0

Hello and welcome to episode 1779 of Effectively Wild

0:38.0

A fangrass baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters

0:40.0

I'm Meg Raleigh, a fangrass, and I'm joined as always by Ben Limberg of the Ringer

0:44.0

Ben, how are you?

0:46.0

Well, the lockout is here

0:48.0

I am trying to get used to the idea of a work stoppage

0:52.0

It has been a while

0:54.0

We've been making this podcast for a zillion years

0:56.0

But this is the first effectively wild recorded during an MLB work stoppage of any sort

1:02.0

It's been 26 years and I don't know about you

1:04.0

But I don't really have very specific memories of the strike

1:08.0

I was 7 years old

1:10.0

We were 7 or 8 when that was going on

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