Effectively Wild Episode 2208: Thank You for Your Servais
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 August 2024
⏱️ 114 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mariners firing Scott Servais, the Angels not firing Perry Minasian, Joey Votto’s career and retirement, the continued collapse of Craig Kimbrel, NPB players pushing for a faster path to domestic and international free agency, and the NWSL abolishing its draft. Then (42:45) they’re joined by Patreon supporter Sam Horton to answer listener emails about active future Hall of Fame pitchers, Mike Trout and Bryce Harper, major and minor leaguers swapping parks, a desperate outfield tactic, penalizing catcher glove movement, and the ethics of returning milestone homers to hitters, followed (1:48:30) by a postscript Stat Blast about scoring at least 11 unanswered runs.
Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”
Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”
Link to MLBTR on Servais
Link to The Athletic on Servais
Link to MLBTR on Minasian
Link to MLBTR on Votto
Link to Dan S. on Votto
Link to C. Trent on Votto
Link to Votto’s retirement post
Link to McGrath on Votto
Link to Votto quotes
Link to Buchanan on Votto
Link to 2016 Votto story
Link to Votto in the booth
Link to Votto on media offers
Link to Baltimore Sun on Kimbrel
Link to post-ASB RP WAR
Link to post-ASB RP WPA
Link to RP WPA since 2019
Link to Drellich on NPB players
Link to NWSL news
Link to Sam on HoF players
Link to Petriello on HoF pitchers
Link to Jaffe on HoF pitchers
Link to SP JAWS
Link to highest career K rates
Link to EW Episode 282
Link to EW Episode 771
Link to EW Episode 867
Link to EW Episode 2159
Link to Kiermaier deke play
Link to Tango on glove movement 1
Link to Tango on glove movement 2
Link to Tango on glove movement 3
Link to story on Santana’s HR
Link to tweet about Santana’s HR
Link to listener emails database
Link to story on Ohtani HR ball
Link to Ohtani bobblehead
Link to MLBTR on Waldron
Link to Reds-Jays game
Link to Stephenson quote
Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter
Link to 2006 game
Link to 1922 game
Link to Stat Blast data 1
Link to Stat Blast data 2
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Baseball in life with a balance of analytics and humor |
| 0:08.8 | philosophical music. Sophical music |
| 0:15.0 | music |
| 0:16.0 | effectively wild, effectively wild, |
| 0:22.0 | effectively while. Effect Wild, Effectively Wild, Effectively Wild. |
| 0:27.0 | Hello and welcome to Episode Wild. |
| 0:30.0 | Hello and welcome to Episode 2208 of Effectively Wild, a fangrass baseball |
| 0:35.8 | podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters. I'm Meg Raleigh fangrass and I am |
| 0:39.3 | joined by Ben Lemberger of the Ringer. Ben, how are you? |
| 0:41.8 | More importantly, how are you because you seemingly have the power to speak into |
| 0:47.2 | existence managerial changes. What did Cherry DiPoto do? What did Cherry de Pooh do? |
| 0:52.8 | What did Cherry de Pooh do? |
| 0:55.2 | We're gonna talk to Mary and rally about a trade or two. |
| 0:58.4 | Because what did Jerry de Pooh do? |
| 1:08.8 | Ugh. No sooner had you mentioned on our most recent episode the prospect of Scott Service losing his job as Mariners manager that it has come to pass. |
| 1:14.0 | Well, look, the first thing I have to say is, it's not like they were particularly hard |
| 1:18.0 | tea leaves to read, right? |
| 1:20.0 | DiPoto had made some comments that made it sound like it was a distinct possibility. |
| 1:26.2 | That said, I am disturbed to learn that I am a very powerful witch and that this is how my powers |
| 1:31.7 | used to manifest. Like I wanted to be a good witch you know |
| 1:36.4 | who could use her powers to better the world rather than make it worse I'm |
| 1:41.5 | worried now I have a bit of stage fright because I promised an epic rant. |
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