Effectively Wild Episode 2014: Clocks and Bonds
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2023
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s 500th EW episode, the architectural concept of the “Thomasson,” a forthcoming HBO documentary about Barry Bonds, the rebound of Juan Soto, common misconceptions about WAR, the declines of Noah Syndergaard and Kris Bryant, the NL West, MLB broadcasting Padres games, an MLB-MLBPA ad deal, a rules update, Francisco Álvarez’s defense, the return of Jordan Walker, Shohei Ohtani’s bat grip, a slowdown in injuries, and a D-III team that wins with HBPs, plus a Past Blast from 2014 (1:32:52), player responses to the Dodgers’ Pride Night, and follow-ups.
Audio intro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Thomasson thread
Link to Thomasson wiki
Link to Thomasson at B-Ref Bullpen
Link to Thomasson podcast episode
Link to Bonds doc info
Link to A-Rod doc story
Link to A-Rod gum disease segment
Link to Trout/Griffey FB thread
Link to FG’s WAR explainer
Link to Syndergaard quote
Link to Syndergaard hypnosis story
Link to December Syndergaard story
Link to FG on Syndergaard’s 2022
Link to Rumpelstiltskin wiki
Link to MLBTR on Bryant
Link to Ben C. on MLB/DSG
Link to Sheehan on MLB/DSG
Link to Ginny Searle on MLB/DSG
Link to MLB-MLBPA partnership
Link to more info on partnership
Link to Ben C. on new rules
Link to Sheehan on new rules
Link to Jay on Álvarez
Link to MLBTR on Walker
Link to Ohtani tweet
Link to injuries tweet
Link to Jake on Misericordia
Link to 2014 Past Blast source
Link to other 2014 source
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to story about Pride Night
Link to story about player comments
Link to Buckley column
Link to “allies” lineup
Link to Abreu/Acton tweet
Link to hot mic video
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Baseball is a simulation |
| 0:03.5 | It's all just one big math equation |
| 0:07.5 | You're all about these stats |
| 0:10.1 | We've got piles, you listen to |
| 0:12.9 | Perfectively wild |
| 0:15.4 | With Ben Lindbergh and Mac Raleigh |
| 0:19.0 | Come through the ball, the banter's free |
| 0:23.0 | Baseball is a simulation |
| 0:26.8 | It's all just one big conversation |
| 0:31.8 | Perfectively wild |
| 0:36.8 | Hello and welcome to episode 2014 |
| 0:39.8 | of Effectively Wild a Baseball Podcast |
| 0:41.8 | from Fangrass presented by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:44.8 | I'm Ben Lindbergh of the ringer |
| 0:46.8 | joined by Meg Raleigh of Fangrass Hello Mac |
| 0:49.8 | Hello |
| 0:50.8 | I am reliably informed by listener |
| 0:52.8 | and Patreon supporter Chris Handel |
| 0:54.8 | I'm a huge track of these things |
| 0:55.8 | that this is your 500th episode |
| 0:57.8 | of Effectively Wild including your guest appearances |
| 1:01.8 | prior to becoming a host |
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