Effectively Wild Episode 1906: Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2022
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the ethics of returning or selling a valuable home run ball, a dilemma involving Aaron Judge on Apple TV+, selling the opposing team’s gear in a ballpark, the Tigers hiring Scott Harris and the Royals firing Dayton Moore, the Mets and Reds setting hit-by-pitch records, Canada dropping its vaccine requirement in time for the MLB playoffs, the lack of standings-derived suspense in the 2022 regular season, the latest Joey Meneses news, and a record number of MLB debuts and 4-WAR rookies, plus a Past Blast from 1906.
Audio intro: The Format, “Give it Up”
Audio outro: Richard Thompson, “I’ll Never Give it Up”
Link to tweet about ball decision
Link to Freedman’s response
Link to Sheehan’s response
Link to Goldstein’s response
Link to article about Jeter ball
Link to Sports Night episode script
Link to Judge on Apple article
Link to article on Giants vendor
Link to Posnanski on Moore
Link to Royals Review on Moore
Link to Moore on Eldred
Link to article on Harris hiring
Link to article on Mets HBP record
Link to post on Buck asking for ball
Link to post on Reds HBP record
Link to Baumann on Mets HBPs
Link to Defector on the Mets/Reds
Link to Canada vaccination change
Link to May EW episode on standings
Link to Gilligan on season suspense
Link to Foolish on Meneses
Link to 2022 MLB debuts
Link to Ben on 2022 rookies
Link to 1906 story source
Link to 1906 game
Link to Lush’s SABR bio
Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website
Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter
Link to Ohtani golfing clip
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I've got out in you, got to sing it to me |
| 0:04.6 | Like a strily-gun set this free |
| 0:08.8 | Just give it up, throw your hats in the air |
| 0:12.4 | And change it as they let you say |
| 0:15.4 | And we'll get out of here |
| 0:18.0 | But something tells me it's your to scare |
| 0:22.4 | But something tells me it's your to scare to roll |
| 0:28.7 | Hello and welcome to episode 1906 of the effectively wild baseball podcast from bandwrafs presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:37.3 | I am Ben Lemberg of the Ringer joined by Meg Raleigh of bandwrafs, hello Meg |
| 0:41.9 | Hello |
| 0:42.7 | You know, where you stand on this ethical debate here |
| 0:46.4 | Oh |
| 0:47.2 | It was being debated by a couple former effectively wild guests |
| 0:49.8 | Although I guess it was started by someone on Twitter, Joe Pompleyano |
| 0:54.0 | Who said, let's pretend you catch Aaron Judges' 60 second home run of the season |
| 0:58.1 | The one that passes Roger Maris' American League single season record from 1961 |
| 1:01.9 | Are you giving the ball back? |
| 1:03.6 | And if so, what are you requesting in return? |
| 1:07.4 | So two former effectively wild guests gave polar opposite answers and stances on this |
| 1:13.2 | So Eugene Friedman tweeted, |
| 1:16.3 | Anyone who gifts a valuable object that they own outright to someone who will soon have a $300 million contract |
| 1:22.8 | Or to a team worth billions of dollars is a fool |
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