Effectively Wild Episode 2362: Poob Has Baseball for You
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2025
⏱️ 100 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether any of the teams that sold at the trade deadline can make an improbable playoff run, whether the Dodgers’ position in the playoff race refutes or confirms preseason fears about their advantages, and the accelerating splintering of sports broadcasts (MLB on the Poob tube!), then answer emails (41:40) about Roman Anthony’s OBP, driving/batting in runs with walks, and Juan Soto vs. players traded for him, before (1:03:34) talking to FanGraphs founder David Appelman about the site’s 20th anniversary.
Audio intro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to divisional comebacks story
Link to Paine on bad/expensive teams
Link to burgers story
Link to BP IL Ledger
Link to baseball streaming story
Link to streaming meme
Link to more on the meme
Link to streaming expenses story
Link to Bois on Bonds
Link to listener emails database
Link to previous Appelman appearance
Link to Appelman’s birthday appearance
Link to death of dial-up
Link to Crawford conversation
Link to Speier post
Link to podcast-description stats
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'll still be speaking statistically rambling romantically pontificating pedantically banter and bodily, drafting discerningly, giggling giddly, equalling effectively wild. |
| 0:16.1 | Hello and welcome to episode 2362 of Effectively Wild, a Fangraphs Baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:23.8 | I'm Meg Raleigh, FanGraphs, |
| 0:25.1 | and I'm joined by Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, Ben. |
| 0:27.9 | How are you? |
| 0:28.8 | Okay. How are you? |
| 0:30.9 | I feel old, but jubilant. |
| 0:35.7 | So real, you know, push and pull. |
| 0:38.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:39.8 | Fan graphs being 20 means I have to reckon with my own age a little bit. |
| 0:45.4 | But also, fan graphs is 20, Ben. |
| 0:47.8 | What an accomplishment. |
| 0:49.3 | Happy birthday fan graphs. |
| 0:51.1 | Yay. |
| 0:51.3 | Yay. |
| 0:52.5 | It was 20 years ago today. |
| 0:55.1 | David told the fans to graph away. |
| 0:58.0 | How's that? |
| 0:58.9 | What? |
| 1:00.0 | No. |
| 1:01.1 | Sarder Peppers? |
| 1:02.4 | Nothing. |
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