Effectively Wild Episode 2247: Manfred on a Mission
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2024
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Rich Hill’s latest (and hopefully not last) pitching exploits, then discuss how Rob Manfred’s desire to craft his legacy as commissioner could shape the sport’s direction, why sports commissioners’ tenures last so long, what qualities of the World Series-winning Dodgers rival teams might try to emulate, rumors surrounding the Dodgers and Roki Sasaki, and more.
Audio intro: Moon Hound, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Hill gamer
Link to Hill pitching matchup
Link to Hill strikeout montage
Link to Hill on next season
Link to Manfred on expansion
Link to Manfred on national TV
Link to Manfred on media training
Link to Theo on copycats
Link to NBC Sports Chicago news
Link to link rot wiki
Link to Theo on decadal changes
Link to Lewie’s newsletter
Link to team postseason percentages
Link to semantic satiation wiki
Link to MLBTR on Sasaki
Link to Rosenthal on Sasaki
Link to Ben’s Halo podcast
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| 0:00.0 | It's effectively wild. |
| 0:02.8 | Effectively wild. |
| 0:07.0 | Effectively wild. |
| 0:09.7 | It's effectively wild. |
| 0:11.3 | Effectively wild. |
| 0:13.3 | Effectively wild. |
| 0:15.4 | Effectively wild. |
| 0:17.2 | It's effectively wild. |
| 0:19.4 | Hello and welcome to episode 2247 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Fangraphs, presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:28.7 | I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Raleigh of Fangraphs. Hello, Meg. |
| 0:32.9 | Hello. |
| 0:34.0 | Well, Rich Hill is an American hero. |
| 0:36.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:36.5 | Not that he wasn't before, but he has confirmed his status by pitching well for Team USA in international competition. |
| 0:45.3 | He went up on, I guess it was Tuesday morning US time against the Japan team in the Premier 12 tournament. And he was starting against |
| 0:57.3 | Hiroto Takahashi, who is 22 years old. And Rich Hill literally twice as old, twice Takahashi's |
| 1:05.1 | age, 44 years old. And he did well. Now, Team USA did not do well. But that was not Rich Hill's fault. I was scared |
| 1:13.7 | when I saw the final score, which was 9 to 1 Japan. I thought, uh-oh, what happened to Rich? |
| 1:21.1 | I did not set my alarm to wake up early for this one. Apologies to Rich Hill. Yeah, but it was |
| 1:26.6 | the first super round game of the Premier 12, |
| 1:30.7 | and it was Thursday night in Tokyo, but Thursday morning in the U.S., and therefore, I was not |
| 1:41.2 | awake. However, all the scoring happened after Rich Hill left the game. So it was a |
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