Effectively Wild Episode 2332: The Setup Man Cannot Hold

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2025

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Spencer Strider’s concerning performance, how he and Sandy Alcantara remind us that comebacks from elbow surgery aren’t automatic, and whether things are lookng up for the White Sox on and off the field. Then (32:23) they bring on top-tier Patreon supporter John Thomas to banter about his background […]

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0:00.0	It's the zombie runner Bobby Shands, Bobby Shans, Bobby Shans,
0:04.8	Effectively Wild
0:06.6	Joey Manessus, walk off three-run digger.
0:12.5	Stop it.
0:13.5	Walk off three-run shot.
0:15.2	Oh, my God.
0:16.8	Meg, he's the best player in baseball.
0:20.6	Affectively wild. Hello, and welcome. Meg, he's the best player in baseball.
0:22.4	Affectively Wild.
0:28.2	Hello and welcome to episode 2332 of Effectively Wild.
0:31.1	A Fangraphs baseball podcast brought you by our Patreon supporters.
0:34.7	I'm Meg Raleigh, Fangraffs, and I am joined by Ben Lindberg of the ringer.
0:36.1	Ben, how are you? I'm sitting in darkness because my overhead light
0:39.4	went out shortly before we were starting to record. So my face is bathed in the glow of my
0:45.2	laptop screen, but that's just about the only illumination in this room. It's shrouded in shadow
0:50.9	otherwise, which is ironic because on a recent Patreon bonus episode,
0:55.2	we talked about how long light bulbs last these days and how rarely we have to replace them.
1:00.2	That's the kind of bonus content you're missing out on if you're not subscribing to our
1:03.9	Patreon.
1:04.4	Just great light bulb banter.
1:06.8	But I was betrayed by this bulb and saw I'm in the dark, but that's okay because we will shed some light on baseball in this episode.
1:15.1	I tend to be in darkness anyway, not figuratively, not emotionally, just, you know, inside.
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