Effectively Wild Episode 2150: Crime Doesn’t Ippei
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2024
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley react to news about Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara being charged with bank fraud, discuss the revelations in the government’s stunning, detailed complaint, and assess the implications for Ohtani and MLB. Then (1:06:58) they banter about Jordan Montgomery changing agencies after his offseason Boras debacle, a Juan Soto fan-pandering update, Jackson Holliday’s Orioles debut, Tyler Glasnow and the allure of a 21-strikeout game, a Driveline quote about training for velocity, and an A’s giveaway (and dubious pledge to spend more on players), plus (1:35:15) a few follow-ups.
Audio intro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Greene pants seam tear
Link to U.S. Attorney’s Office press release
Link to criminal complaint
Link to NYT report
Link to MLB statement
Link to @Yankees betting tweet
Link to Ippei surrendering tweet
Link to Baumann on gambling scandals
Link to MLBTR on Montgomery
Link to Soto spikes
Link to Glasnow game
Link to Sam on a 21-strikeout game
Link to MLBTR on Holliday
Link to Dan S. on the Tides
Link to Olney tweet story
Link to video of young Holliday
Link to Twins kiss
Link to 2023 Albies/Arcia kiss
Link to 2024 Albies/Arcia kiss
Link to Adler pitcher injuries article
Link to A’s giveaway tweet
Link to Rosenthal on A’s spending
Link to ESPN on the A’s move
Link to Belt on chicken tenders
Link to hitting at Rogers Centre
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form
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| 0:00.0 | It's effectively wild. |
| 0:02.0 | Effectively wild. |
| 0:07.0 | So stick around you'll be well, |
| 0:10.0 | be guile. |
| 0:12.0 | It's effectively wild. |
| 0:16.4 | Like Nolan, Ryan was sometimes. Hello and welcome to episode 2150 of Effectively Wild a |
| 0:27.2 | fangrafts baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:30.3 | I'm a rally of fan graphs and I am joined by Ben Lindbergh of the ringer Ben how are you I'm gobsmacked |
| 0:37.2 | Meg how are you yeah I'm Flustered I'm am am am am am, boy what a what a day we've had you know I came into today |
| 0:51.2 | Thursday April 11 thinking we were going to talk about |
| 0:54.2 | rally green's pants splitting open you know I was ready to do like 20 minutes on |
| 0:58.2 | the pants scandal did you see where those pants split on a routine slide. |
| 1:03.8 | Right on the scene. |
| 1:04.8 | Just like, right on the seam. |
| 1:07.4 | Everybody's talking about it. |
| 1:08.9 | Yeah, it's just the talk of baseball today. |
| 1:10.9 | Yeah, I thought we might talk about that too. Maybe we'll talk |
| 1:14.4 | about some other stuff. We'll see if we get there. But the baseball world has |
| 1:18.4 | been derailed on Thursday. I guess it's a good thing that we didn't record earlier in the day by the |
| 1:25.0 | release of some gripping reading I guess one could say USA versus Mizuhara this This is an affidavit, a criminal complaint, and gosh, is there a lot to complain about? |
| 1:38.0 | So special agent Chris Seymour of the IRS Criminal Investigation Unit has the affidavit has been released in support of the criminal complaint and arrest warrant for Ipe Mizuharra who is going to be charged with bank fraud and you know what having read the complaint |
| 1:58.0 | I think the charge is going to stick. |
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