Effectively Wild Episode 2343: Say it Ain’t Low, Luis
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2025
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how many members of the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game roster they have heard of, honorary all-stars, and velocity spikes preceding arm injuries, then discuss an investigation concerning possible pitch-fixing by Luis L. Ortiz, a federal civil rights complaint about the Dodgers’ DEI policies, and Rob Manfred’s pitch to players in advance of CBA discussions.
Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Coachella formula
Link to the “celebrities”
Link to Simpsons clip
Link to influencer fame data
Link to MLBTR on honorary all-stars
Link to Atlanta pitchers story
Link to ESPN report on Ortiz
Link to Trueblood pitch videos
Link to Axios on Miller and L.A.
Link to The Athletic on Miller
Link to more on the complaint
Link to 2023 MLB complaint
Link to The Athletic on Manfred
Link to more from The Athletic
Link to the SBJ on Manfred
Link to Sheehan on Manfred
Link to MLBPA probe
Link to fan ban
Link to fan interview
Link to MLFAD data
Link to Waldron pitch usage
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome |
| 0:03.0 | Nothing less than effectively wild |
| 0:09.0 | Oh wow |
| 0:11.0 | Oh wow |
| 0:14.0 | Oh wow |
| 0:16.0 | Nothing less than effect |
| 0:20.0 | Ampectably wild Nothing less than Effectively Wild |
| 0:21.3 | Hello and welcome to episode 2343 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Fangraphs presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:32.6 | I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Rally of FanGraphs. |
| 0:36.5 | Hello, Meg. |
| 0:37.4 | Hello. |
| 0:38.3 | You know how they say that the Coachella Festival poster tells you something about your age, |
| 0:45.3 | the number of acts you recognize? I think it's something like your real age is 70 minus the |
| 0:52.7 | number of musicians you recognize playing at Coachella that are on the |
| 0:56.7 | poster, something like that. There's a formula. I think maybe the same thing applies to the MLB |
| 1:02.9 | All-Star Game Celebrity Softball Game roster. I assume you also received this press release |
| 1:09.8 | informing us of the participants in press release. I did. |
| 1:14.1 | Informing us of the participants in this game. |
| 1:19.3 | I'm just, I'm going to send you a link because it has the full roster. |
| 1:25.1 | And I just want you to count the number of people here you recognize. And it doesn't even have to be that you're intimately familiar with their |
| 1:30.2 | biographies, but just you've heard of them. Yes. The name rings a bell, at least. Okay, so, |
| 1:36.1 | so there are 27 names here. If you could just skim this and just, you know, count on your fingers, your toes, however many digits you need, just how many you've heard of and we can compare. |
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