Effectively Wild Episode 1864: One Giant Leap

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a broadcaster relatably mixing up Taylor Ward and Tyler Wade, the Dodgers “fixing” former Rockies pitcher Yency Almonte, a deep, perplexing rabbit hole (7:46) of baseball-themed CarShield commercials, the bat spike as the new bat flip, an umpire’s close call with a broken-bat shard, and the building backlash […]

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0:00.0	Play!
0:03.0	Is it gonna get better?
0:06.0	Gonna get better?
0:09.0	Time's fly!
0:12.0	So don't you upset her?
0:15.0	Don't you upset her?
0:18.0	Have I told you how I'm being?
0:22.0	And it's time for a change?
0:27.0	Play!
0:33.0	Gonna get better?
0:35.0	Hello and welcome to episode 1864 of Effectively Wild, a fan-graphed baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters.
0:42.0	I'm Aigralia Fangraphs and I'm joined as always by Ben Lumberger of The Ringer.
0:45.0	How are you?
0:46.0	I'm feeling better about myself because on a recent episode I screwed up Taylor Ward and Tyler Wade for the umpteenth time.
0:54.0	Literally every time that I have mentioned either of them on the podcast I have to think, wait, is this word?
1:00.0	Is this Wade? Is this Taylor? Is this Tyler?
1:02.0	Sometimes I stumble in the middle of saying one or the other.
1:05.0	Well, it's not just me and in fact the best baseball broadcasters there are.
1:10.0	Also, fall prey to the Taylor Ward, Tyler Wade, mix up issue.
1:15.0	Who's a better baseball broadcaster than Joe Davis?
1:18.0	Almost no one, right?
1:19.0	Very short list of anyone. If you need someone to replace Vince Cully in the booth, you call Joe Davis.
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