Effectively Wild Episode 2010: Dead Bird Bounce
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2023
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Yordan Alvarez kissing Martín Maldonado, Will Brennan’s birdslaughter (12:33), the Guardians’ slow start (23:12), Madison Bumgarner’s reported reluctance to alter his pitching approach (32:49), Mike Trout passing Ken Griffey Jr. in career Baseball-Reference WAR (45:56), whether the A’s will end up historically bad or rebound to being merely abysmal (1:03:38), the firing of A’s broadcaster Glen Kuiper (1:21:17), and the Dodgers’ Pride Night debacle (1:40:34), plus a Past Blast from 2010 (1:48:05).
Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Yordan kiss image
Link to Yordan kiss video
Link to Pudge kiss image
Link to Brennan bird video
Link to other Brennan bird clip
Link to Brennan tweet
Link to baby pigeons info
Link to Gomes story
Link to playoff odds changes
Link to Buchanan on Bumgarner
Link to Mason Saunders story
Link to Trout/Griffey thread
Link to B-Ref career WAR leaders
Link to Dan S. on the A’s
Link to Tango on the A’s
Link to Sheehan on the A’s
Link to tremendous content meme
Link to Kuiper firing story
Link to other Kuiper story
Link to 2023 Kuiper clip
Link to 2020 Kuiper clip
Link to first Kuiper apology
Link to Braden explanation
Link to Pride Night story
Link to 2010 Past Blast source
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Mets lasagna story
Link to Brennan’s bird gesture
Link to Brennan press conference
Link to A’s stadium update
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| 0:00.0 | I'm effectively wild. |
| 0:03.0 | It's the zombie runner, but it shames, but it shames, but it shames, |
| 0:08.0 | I'm effectively wild. |
| 0:11.0 | It's the zombie runner, but it shames, but it shames, but it shames, |
| 0:16.0 | I'm effectively wild. |
| 0:21.0 | Joey Minnesis! |
| 0:22.0 | No. |
| 0:23.0 | Walk off three run-digger. |
| 0:24.0 | Stop it. |
| 0:25.0 | Walk off three run-shut. |
| 0:27.0 | Oh my god. |
| 0:28.0 | Meg, he's the best-clarared baseball. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 2010 of Effectively Wild, |
| 0:40.0 | a baseball podcast from Fangrass presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:44.0 | I am Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer joined by Meg Rally of Fangrass, so, oh, Meg. |
| 0:48.0 | Hello. |
| 0:49.0 | Experimented with 2010 instead of 2010. |
| 0:53.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:54.0 | Well, we'll snap you know? |
| 0:55.0 | Our episode numbers are climbing. |
| 0:57.0 | Takes a while to say 2010. |
| 0:59.0 | So, we'll see if that sticks. |
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