Effectively Wild Episode 2250: BLAke SLAte
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley begin with a cold-open reaction to late-breaking news about Blake Snell signing with the Dodgers, then (19:52) banter about gift subscriptions, the Angels signing Yusei Kikuchi, and the Brady Singer–Jonathan India trade, follow up (46:58) on the Rays stadium situation, and, in the Thanksgiving spirit, discuss (56:59) things about baseball that they’re thankful for.
Audio intro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Dan S. on the Snell signing
Link to MLBTR on Snell
Link to Dodgers depth chart
Link to team payroll page
Link to team attendance page
Link to FG gift subscriptions
Link to EW gift subscriptions
Link to FG on Kikuchi
Link to FG on Singer/India
Link to Royals lineup splits
Link to Rays update
Link to Rays ballpark letter
Link to article about players chewing
Link to fun things drafts
Link to Secret Santa sign-up form
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Meg. |
| 0:01.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:02.0 | It's Ben. |
| 0:03.0 | Yep. |
| 0:04.0 | We're doing a cold open to this episode because we recorded. |
| 0:07.5 | We were all ready to go. |
| 0:09.0 | We were going to press publish. |
| 0:10.0 | And then the Dodgers signed Blake Snell. |
| 0:13.0 | And so we thought we would hop back on mic before you would even heard our previous recording. |
| 0:19.0 | Whoa. |
| 0:20.0 | Is it even the same episode if we haven't done the intro yet? |
| 0:23.1 | If we haven't officially started, is this even part of the podcast or is it in some weird |
| 0:27.9 | nether realm that is not part of any episode? |
| 0:30.9 | I don't know. |
| 0:31.3 | A liminal space. |
| 0:32.8 | Exactly. |
| 0:33.7 | What I do know, however, is that Blake Snell will be a Dodger on a five-year $182 million deal. |
| 0:42.5 | Credit to the Dodgers for getting it done before Thanksgiving. |
| 0:46.1 | A few hours earlier would have been ideal, but better than later. |
| 0:50.7 | And this is big news. |
| 0:52.5 | This is our first really significant signing of the offseason. |
| 0:57.2 | Yeah. |
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