Effectively Wild Episode 2357: Pinstriped Panic

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about umpire Jen Pawol’s promotion to the majors, whether the MLB Speedway Classic lived up to its name, Nathan Eovaldi’s Gibsonian season, another big blow to the practice of pitcher hitting, a “breakout” question, an optimistic Twins take, the Yankees’ concerning (to Yankees fans) slide, Roman Anthony’s extension, whether […]

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to
0:01.8	Wild
0:02.5	Hello and welcome to
0:03.6	Give me Effectively Wild
0:04.5	Hello and welcome to episode 2357 of Effectively Wild
0:08.5	Hello and welcome to episode 2357 of Effectively Wild
0:14.0	A Baseball podcast from Fangraphs presented by our Patreon supporters
0:18.2	I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Raleigh and
0:22.3	like the Rockies after going down 9-0 against the pirates before beating them 17 to 16.
0:28.6	We have come all the way back to your podcast apps a little later in the week than usual.
0:33.9	I guess I should say, Meg, you are of fan graphs.
0:37.1	Yeah.
0:56.1	Just in case that has not changed since last week. Hello. It has not changed. I am still of fan graphs. That is what I am of. Hello, how are you? Okay. You are in fact fancraft yourself. I am. So, yeah. Well, so much has happened since it's been a bit since we have potted, so we have a lot to catch up on.
1:00.5	But a bit of breaking news just before we got on the mic here.
1:04.0	We are about to meet a major leaguer this coming weekend.
1:05.2	Quite an exciting one.
1:13.2	Jen Powell will make her debut on the bases first and then behind home plate as a major league umpire.
1:18.6	First woman to ump a major league game long overdue, obviously.
1:21.6	And she's been waiting in the wings for quite a while. And we've talked a bit about that at various times.
1:24.1	But finally, I guess I'm happy that this is happening. I'm also happy that we got
1:29.9	the first female ump before robot umps. It doesn't seem like too much to ask some form of robot
1:36.9	umps that is. So I never know whether to call it there. People say, no, it's not robot umps. It's,
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