Effectively Wild Episode 1923: The Umpire Perfect Game

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about umpire Pat Hoberg’s unprecedented “perfect game” behind the plate in Game 2 of the World Series, followed by musings on Nolan Arenado opting not to opt out of his contract, the Royals hiring Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro as their new manager, and Rob Manfred’s latest update on […]

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0:00.0	I can't help it, you're perfect for me, I could care less.
0:05.1	Your perfect for me, I've been waiting.
0:08.3	You're perfect for me right now.
0:13.2	In the most men, your perfect for me, I've been waiting.
0:18.2	You're perfect for me, I'm not perfect.
0:21.3	But you're perfect for me right now.
0:24.4	Hello and welcome to episode 1923 of Effectively Wild,
0:27.8	a fancraft baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters.
0:30.8	I'm a rally of fancrafts and I am joined as always by Ben Limberg of the Ring or Ben Hory.
0:35.7	I could not possibly be more excited.
0:37.8	Obviously, we had the second perfect game in World Series history.
0:45.5	This is an up-pire perfect game, but it counts.
0:49.1	Yeah, it counts for something.
0:51.3	Yeah, sure does.
0:52.4	They play the World Series every year.
0:54.8	So maybe you think we're bearing the lead here,
0:57.6	leading with the Empire Perfect Game, but they play the World Series every year.
1:00.8	They don't have an Empire Perfect Game every year.
1:03.2	This is a first on record.
1:05.2	So I am extremely excited, of course, referencing Pat Hoberg, Hero of Game 2,
1:13.1	who has been given a 100% perfect, accurate grade by upscorecards.com.
1:20.4	And we will be talking to the proprietor of upscorecards.com.
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