Effectively Wild Episode 1891: So Long, Jon
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 โข 2.7K Ratings
๐๏ธ 18 August 2022
โฑ๏ธ 78 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley follow up on Tony La Russa’s suspicious pinch-runner call, banter about Joey Gallo on the Dodgers and Andrew Benintendi on the Yankees, the utility of booing, and the parochial concept of being unable to play in New York, the curious timing of the Rangers’ firing of long-tenured executive Jon Daniels, the Athletics’ curious release of Elvis Andrus, the Braves extending Michael Harris II and the domino theory of extensions, and Joey Votto’s season-ending injury, then answer listener emails about which ownership group they would most want to compel to open its books and an MLB vs. NPB/KBO All-Star Game, plus (1:06:38) a Past Blast from 1891 and a bonus question about recursive caps.
Audio intro: Ryan Oxford, “Fa Fa Fa Fired”
Audio outro: Roland Roberts, “All About the Timing”
Link to La Russa video
Link to La Russa response
Link to Gallo’s quotes to The Athletic
Link to later Gallo quotes
Link to Updike’s New York quote
Link to MLBTR on the Daniels firing
Link to Levi Weaver on the Daniels firing
Link to press release about Daniels
Link to longest-tenured team execs
Link to FG farm rankings
Link to MLBTR on the Andrus release
Link to A’s WAR leaders
Link to MLBTR on the Harris extension
Link to Passan tweet about Braves core
Link to MLBTR on the Votto injury
Link to biblical losses quote
Link to KBO ASG story
Link to Team USA WBC roster
Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four
Link to 1891 story source 1
Link to article on 1900 Phillies
Link to 1891 story source 2
Link to 1891 story source 3
Link to Orioles cap
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It really didn't sound that good. |
| 0:04.3 | It probably didn't ๋ woo him. |
| 0:17.2 | Hello and welcome to episode 1891 of Effectively Wild A Baseball Podcast from Bandgraphs, |
| 0:37.3 | presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer, joined by Meg Relly of Fangraphs. |
| 0:42.8 | Hello Megh. |
| 0:43.8 | Hello. |
| 0:44.8 | Today we talked about whether Tony LaRusa had in fact forgotten to insert a pinch runner |
| 0:50.8 | until he was reminded by a fan who was shouting from behind home plate as a video seemed |
| 0:56.6 | to suggest. |
| 0:57.6 | Well, LaRusa has responded to that question and he says no. |
| 1:04.0 | Perhaps unsurprisingly. |
| 1:05.4 | So James Fiegan who covers the White Talks for the Athletic tweeted, LaRusa said he was |
| 1:10.8 | slow pinch running angle for him in as last night because of a debate with Miguel Cairo |
| 1:15.6 | and Jerry Naren about needing him in as his bat later in what was still a tie game. |
| 1:21.1 | He got a kick out of being told about a fan yelling suggestions but said he didn't hear |
| 1:26.6 | it. |
| 1:27.6 | Yeah, I bet he didn't. |
| 1:28.6 | It's loud there, you know. |
| 1:30.4 | It is loud. |
| 1:31.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:32.4 | Yeah, like I feel like we entertained this in the spirit of whimsy because we are, we |
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