Effectively Wild Episode 1949: The Stories We Missed in 2022 (AL Edition)

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2022

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley close the book on 2022 by bantering about the year in Effectively Wild, the Marlins signing Jean Segura, the heretofore-unsuspected existence of Charles Leblanc, and the pitch-calling accuracy of 10 retiring umpires, plus followups on how the zombie runner affects plate appearance totals, Lars Nootbaar’s pepper grinder, the year-to-year consistency […]

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0:00.0	It's the end of the year
0:10.0	It's the end of the year
0:16.8	But it's not too late
0:23.3	But it's not too late.
0:30.3	Hello and welcome to episode 1949 of Effectively Wild, the Fangrass baseball podcast brought
0:35.5	you by our Patreon supporters.
0:37.0	I'm Aigralio Fangrass and I am joined as always by Ben Lemberg of the Ringer.
0:40.7	Ben, how are you?
0:41.7	Well, I've been a bit of a nomad this week.
0:43.9	What was week after Christmas travel?
0:46.5	So I've recorded from a few different places.
0:49.2	Jesse's family's place.
0:51.2	My family's place.
0:52.4	So I am currently coming to you from literally my mom's basement.
0:56.0	So I apologize for any background noises that maybe picked up here.
1:01.7	I hear dog fingernails clicking and clacking above me and people chatting and perhaps babies
1:08.3	making baby sounds at some point.
1:10.4	So that will just be an occupational hazard here.
1:13.5	But appropriate that I'm ending the year from my mom's basement probably.
1:17.3	Yeah.
1:18.3	I will reassure you that in the time that you were talking, I heard only your voice
1:22.4	and no delightful atmosphere of family whatsoever.
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