Effectively Wild Episode 2053: The Shohei Ohtani of Indie Rock
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s voice and the potential for an ambidextrous superstar who blends the skill sets of Shohei Ohtani and Pat Venditte, then discuss all the implications of the Angels (and a few other teams) placing prominent players on outright waivers right before the deadline for postseason eligibility. After that (44:43), they talk to Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard about his beloved Mariners’ surge into first place, his relationship with this Mariners team, his thoughts on the postseason field and the new rules, his upcoming two-way-player tour featuring full performances of Transatlanticism and Give Up, and more, plus (1:31:29) a Future Blast from 2053.
Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Jon Becker’s waiver FAQ
Link to Ben Clemens on the Angels
Link to Zach Kram on the Angels
Link to outright waivers explainer
Link to The Athletic on the waiver moves
Link to The Athletic on waivers again
Link to MLBTR on the Angels
Link to Craig Goldstein on the Angels
Link to FG handedness filter
Link to “Ichiro’s Theme”
Link to Death Cabby for Cutie Day
Link to “An Arrow in the Wall”
Link to period/quarter mix-up
Link to Larry Stone article
Link to Transatlanticism
Link to Give Up
Link to Asphalt Meadows
Link to Gibbard’s album ranking
Link to “Mary Anne With the Shaky Hand”
Link to Gibbard’s two-way tour
Link to Rick Wilber’s website
Link to Future Blast wiki
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes I still feel like that little girl |
| 0:11.0 | Hearing grandma's hand how I'm reading |
| 0:14.0 | The wetting baseball cards before I could read |
| 0:22.0 | Say I waste my time |
| 0:26.0 | Drag me all these deadlines |
| 0:29.0 | Holds here I find my kind |
| 0:33.0 | All effectively wild |
| 0:37.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 2053 |
| 0:40.0 | of Effectively Wild, a Fangirlass baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Egg Raleigh of Fangirlass and I am joined as always by Ben Lindbergh of the ringer |
| 0:48.0 | Ben Hower you answering as few words as possible |
| 0:51.0 | Yeah, I sound like this |
| 0:54.0 | This is how I am |
| 0:56.0 | Apologies to everyone not ideal for a podcast or two mostly lose their voice but here we are |
| 1:03.0 | I thought I was over whatever this is and it appears to be back |
| 1:07.0 | I mean it's gonna happen you're it's your flu game you know |
| 1:11.0 | I will say as many words in this episode as I possibly can and the good news is |
| 1:17.0 | Ben that we already have an interview just in the can ready to go |
| 1:22.0 | You've already said those words so you don't have to say them again you know |
| 1:25.0 | Not that I've sounded much better when I was saying those words but later on this episode |
| 1:30.0 | We will indeed be talking to our pal Ben Gibbert of |
| 1:34.0 | Multiple bands that he is fronting these days at the cab for cutie and the postal service |
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