Effectively Wild Episode 1920: Pennants Fly Forever
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2022
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by FanGraphs writer (and Phillies fan) Michael Baumann, who covered the NLCS game in Philly, to recap the Phillies’ NLCS victory over the Padres, explain the minds of Phillies fans, celebrate Bryce Harper, review the Padres’ decisions, and much more, followed by breakdowns of the Astros-Yankees ALCS, the state and future of the Yankees, and the Phillies-Astros World Series matchup, plus a postscript and a Past Blast from 1920.
Audio intro: Herman’s Hermits, “Leaning on a Lamp Post”
Audio outro: Billy Swan, “Swept Away”
Link to Baumann on NLCS G3
Link to Baumann on NLCS G4
Link to Baumann on NLCS G5
Link to Esteban Rivera on Harper’s HR
Link to the Harper HR
Link to MLB.com on the Harper HR
Link to seismometer graph
Link to The Athletic on Melvin
Link to MLB.com on Melvin
Link to Grisham bunt/scoring change
Link to Profar check swing
Link to Ben Clemens on the Yankees
Link to Bader walk
Link to Mike Axisa on the Yankees
Link to story about Boone’s videos
Link to tweet about Ortiz
Link to StarTalk video
Link to 1920 story source
Link to SABR on Maharg
Link to SABR on the Black Sox in 1920
Link to Caminiti book
Link to Fiers confession
Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website
Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm leaning on the lamp |
| 0:05.0 | Maybe you think I look a tramp |
| 0:10.0 | Or maybe you think I'm round to steal your call |
| 0:21.0 | But no, I'm not a crook |
| 0:25.0 | And if you think that's what I look |
| 0:32.0 | I'll tell you why and what my motives are |
| 0:39.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 1920 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:43.0 | a baseball podcast that fan graphs presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:47.0 | I am Ben Lindbergh of the ringer, joined always by the name Rally of Fangraphs Hello Meg |
| 0:52.0 | Hello and we are three today because we are also joined coming to us from the top of a greased light pole in Philadelphia |
| 1:00.0 | It is Fangraphs writer Michael Bowman who climbed all the way up there regardless of the greasiness |
| 1:06.0 | Hello Michael |
| 1:07.0 | I'm in the corner watching you kisser |
| 1:11.0 | Oh come on I can't hear you |
| 1:13.0 | I'm right over here |
| 1:15.0 | Why can't you see me |
| 1:17.0 | Oh |
| 1:19.0 | Thank you, that's great |
| 1:22.0 | That whipped up to my expectations for your energy level for this episode |
| 1:26.0 | I don't know if you remember this |
| 1:28.0 | But you had me do an Astros season preview episode of this the day after the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018 |
| 1:40.0 | You can tell that I wasn't co-hosting yet because I would have been like, Bowman might not be alive |
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