Effectively Wild Episode 2011: Who Was That Mascot Man?
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2023
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the major leagues’ sudden influx of 24-year-old right-handed pitchers with the surname “Miller,” the Rays’ surprisingly precarious position in the AL East (7:48), and the Cubs, the Brewers, and the state of the NL Central (12:45), before focusing their bat-resuscitating powers on Trea Turner (17:22), with almost immediate effect. Then they talk to David Raymond, the original Phillie Phanatic performer, Gritty co-conceiver, frequent team mascot consultant, and founder of the Mascot Boot Camp and Mascot Hall of Fame, about all of their mascot questions, the mascot design process, and what it’s like to be inside a mascot costume, plus updates and a Past Blast from 2011 (1:26:54).
Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to FG preseason top prospects
Link to The Board
Link to article about Bryce Miller
Link to LPGA naming convention
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to BP on the Rays-Jays blowout
Link to BaseRuns standings
Link to high-leverage pitching splits
Link to FG pitching clutch
Link to pitching LOB%
Link to Turner quote
Link to Meg’s mascot rant
Link to NYTM on Raymond
Link to Gritty on Twitter
Link to info on Slider
Link to Dinger assault story
Link to Dandy wiki
Link to Mascot HoF wiki
Link to Mascot HoF ballot
Link to Raymond Entertainment site
Link to David’s speaking site
Link to David’s book
Link to 2011 Past Blast source
Link to 2012 HS bat change
Link to more info on bat change
Link to latest college HR uptick
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Turner’s homer
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Chris Davis 247 Tattoos are the new nominees. |
| 0:03.3 | Scott Borers, not a Golanologist or Tragedies. |
| 0:05.9 | Keep them honest. |
| 0:06.9 | Room, room. |
| 0:07.8 | Here's your primer. |
| 0:08.8 | On Beef Boys, baseball's in, Roger Angel and Super Pretzels. |
| 0:12.4 | Lillian's Astidio and Maitrao Hypotheticus. |
| 0:15.4 | Waiting for the perfect bat from a volcanic eruption. |
| 0:18.2 | Ladies and gentlemen, the Effectively Wild Introduction. |
| 0:23.3 | Hello and welcome to episode 2011 of Effectively Wild, |
| 0:27.1 | the Fangrass baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:30.1 | I'm a rally fangrass and I am joined as always by Ben Limberg of the ringer Ben Harriou. |
| 0:34.8 | You should have helped me out here. |
| 0:36.0 | So April 19th, a 24 year old right handed pitcher named Mason Miller debuted for the |
| 0:42.9 | Oakland days. |
| 0:43.6 | Okay, he was ranked 98th on the Fangrass preseason prospects list. |
| 0:49.2 | On May 2nd, a 24 year old right hander named Bryce Miller debuted for the Mariners. |
| 0:56.1 | He, I believe, was ranked 83rd on the Fangrass preseason prospect list right around there. |
| 1:03.0 | Yeah, sounds about right. |
| 1:04.4 | Okay. |
| 1:06.0 | And then, then May 23rd, a 24 year old right hander named Bobby Miller debuted for |
| 1:15.0 | the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
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