Effectively Wild Episode 1858: The Fan Who Knew Too Much
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2022
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Joe Girardi’s firing and where the Phillies go from here, the Astros’ Yordan Alvarez extension, the dip in DH offense, and the trade deadline, then answer listener emails about MLB.TV highlights, the upside of ignoring playoff odds, getting plunked on a full count, things that haven’t happened in an MLB game, players being coached by their romantic partners, and what would happen if no one wanted to play catcher, plus a history tidbit from 1858 and a few followups.
Audio intro: Ezra Furman, “Wobbly”
Audio outro: Liz Phair, “Uncle Alvarez”
Link to MLB.com on the Girardi firing
Link to ESPN on the Girardi firing
Link to Andy McCullough on Girardi
Link to wobbly chair/squid is fried explainer
Link to MLB.com on the Alvarez extension
Link to Dan on extension candidates
Link to Dan on more extension candidates
Link to Dan on the trade deadline
Link to Passan on the trade deadline
Link to DH stats by season
Link to Russell Carleton on resting hitters
Link to story about DH and roster decisions
Link to FanGraphs WPA Inquirer
Link to Ben Clemens on Holmes
Link to Smeltzer interview video
Link to Smeltzer story
Link to subsequent Smeltzer story
Link to EW listener emails database
Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four
Link to story about the Mets’ pitching machine
Link to video of the machine
Link to Ben on “perfect” pitching machines
Link to story about the Turner deke
Link to Turner deke video
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | But I know more than staying out here I'm more than me |
| 0:02.3 | Free! |
| 0:05.0 | Wobbly! |
| 0:06.1 | So wobbly! |
| 0:07.7 | Offer to let wobbly! |
| 0:09.6 | Feel wobbly! |
| 0:11.3 | I'm just gonna let me |
| 0:13.2 | Allow me |
| 0:14.8 | Can now I get behind her |
| 0:16.8 | Shoot all of me |
| 0:18.3 | And you can think you love me |
| 0:20.4 | Take warning |
| 0:22.0 | Don't get too attached to |
| 0:24.1 | That's one |
| 0:25.4 | Because not when we live wobbly |
| 0:27.7 | So wobbly! |
| 0:29.3 | Wobbly! |
| 0:30.3 | Wobbly! |
| 0:31.3 | Hello and welcome to episode 1850 |
| 0:34.3 | In the fact that we're wild |
| 0:35.3 | A fair draft space ball podcast |
| 0:36.3 | Brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
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