Effectively Wild Episode 1779: The Show Must Go On
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K 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, and the Red Sox remaking their rotation with Rich Hill and James Paxton. Then (32:13) they bring on Indiana University professor and FanGraphs contributor Nathaniel Grow to discuss the significance of the lockout, what can and can’t happen while the lockout is in place, how and when it might be resolved, challenging MLB’s antitrust exemption, and more.
Audio intro: Crowded House, “Locked Out”
Audio interstitial: Lucinda Williams, “Changed the Locks”
Audio outro: Pink Floyd, “The Show Must Go On“
Link to Manfred’s letter
Link to Tony Clark’s statement
Link to Manfred’s press conference
Link to more Manfred and Clark comments
Link to Ben Clemens on Taylor
Link to Eric Longenhagen on Renfroe/Bradley
Link to Kevin Goldstein on Iglesias
Link to Dan Szymborski on Paxton
Link to last Evan Drellich podcast appearance
Link to Evan on the most divisive issues
Link to Evan on the start of the lockout
Link to Evan on the path to the lockout
Link to Nathaniel’s CBA preview
Link to Nathaniel’s lockout preview
Link to Travis Sawchik on 1995 signings
Link to Ben on spring training for free agents
Link to Mike Axisa on work stoppage rules
Link to Nathaniel on the antitrust exemption
Link to Baseball on Trial
Link to Effectively Wild Secret Santa
Link to Travis on agents and earnings
Link to Shi Davidi on the Gausman signing
Link to Davidi on Gausman vs. Ray
Link to Stove League teaser video
Link to Stove League review
Link to stream Stove League via Kocowa
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| 0:00.0 | 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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