Effectively Wild Episode 2007: Catch As Catcher Can
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’s near-cycle and newly hot hitting on days when he’s pitched, the Cardinals reinstating Willson Contreras at catcher (and Zac Gallen’s comments on the Cardinals Way), the Sean Murphy/William Contreras/Esteury Ruiz trade revisited, post-peak Christian Yelich and the breakout of Brent Rooker, the dominant Rays’ possible vulnerability, Aaron Judge peeking while at the plate, the verdict on the shift restrictions so far, the confounding seasons of the Red Sox, Cubs, and Padres, MLB app notifications about old games, mini-reviews of two new documentaries about Yankees icons, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:26:36) from 2007 and follow-ups.
Audio intro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Ohtani quotes
Link to Ohtani homer
Link to Ohtani’s yearly splits
Link to Ohtani’s career splits
Link to Ohtani Stat Blast
Link to post on Chisholm’s defense
Link to news on Chisholm’s injury
Link to Marmol’s Contreras quote
Link to Post-Dispatch on Contreras
Link to The Athletic on Contreras
Link to Nightengale on Contreras
Link to Woodward on Contreras
Link to Gallen comments
Link to FG on William Contreras
Link to Rooker story
Link to Rooker interview
Link to Jay on the Rays
Link to Judge story
Link to Judge video
Link to Tango on the shift
Link to Ben on the Red Sox
Link to BaseRuns standings
Link to story about Pint promotion
Link to Reggie
Link to It Ain’t Over
Link to 2015 greatest players
Link to Crane lawsuits info
Link to Mays doc episode
Link to 2007 Past Blast source
Link to article about 756 sale
Link to asterisk info
Link to article about 762 ball
Link to Hample incident info
Link to Hample banning tweet
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Jays-Yanks story
Link to Rosenthal on tipping
Link to Casas clip
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| 0:00.0 | Discussing based forms to dentingly |
| 0:07.0 | And the colleagues say they're all ugly |
| 0:13.5 | Stateless, class, class, and better for me |
| 0:20.0 | Three new episodes for us, we |
| 0:26.0 | We've actively handed |
| 0:30.0 | While I'm on my own, I'm on my own |
| 0:33.0 | Through fat and lean |
| 0:36.0 | While I'm on my own |
| 0:38.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 2007 |
| 0:41.0 | Effectively Wild, a Fangirlass baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:45.0 | I'm Aigrelli, a Fangirlass, and I am joined as always by Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer |
| 0:49.0 | How are you? |
| 0:50.0 | I'm alright, how are you? |
| 0:52.0 | Negative |
| 0:53.0 | Oh no, no |
| 0:55.0 | Oh, for COVID |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah, okay, not just in general |
| 0:59.0 | No, not just in general, I have a cherry disposition, you know, rosy cheek, and a negative |
| 1:06.0 | COVID test, so doing great |
| 1:09.0 | Excellent, alright, well I feel even safer co-hosting this podcast with you now, even though |
| 1:15.0 | We're never contagious from as far away as you are |
| 1:18.0 | But that's good, you can now move about freely |
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