Effectively Wild Episode 2399: Fixed That (Pitch) for You
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Meg break down the federal indictment of Emmanuel Clase and Luis L. Ortiz, including the documentary and statistical evidence of their alleged pitch-fixing, the implications for the sport and sports gambling, the unanswered questions, the dark comedy, and more (plus a real-time reaction to an MLB betting reform and an answer to an email about parenting in the age of ubiquitous sports-betting ads).
Audio intro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”
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Link to indictment
Link to NBA story
Link to Ben’s article
Link to pitches reel
Link to Shoeless Joe info 1
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Link to MLB press release
Link to Pages pitch
Link to postseason pitch
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| 0:00.0 | Effectively wild |
| 0:03.4 | It's the only show I did |
| 0:06.9 | Hosted by Ben Lindberg |
| 0:10.6 | and Beck Riley |
| 0:13.6 | I want to hear about show |
| 0:17.6 | Hey O Tani |
| 0:18.8 | Or Mike Trout with three Hello, hey, oh, Tony. |
| 0:24.5 | Or white trout with three marks. |
| 0:28.5 | Hello and welcome to episode 2399 of Effectively Wild, the baseball podcast from |
| 0:35.3 | Fangrass presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:39.2 | I am Beblinberg of the Ringer. |
| 0:41.4 | I was fake to you out there for a second. |
| 0:43.1 | I was like, where are we going? |
| 0:44.6 | What is this journey? |
| 0:46.4 | Joined by Meg Rally of Fangrass. |
| 0:48.6 | Hello, Mick. |
| 0:49.3 | Oh, hello. |
| 0:50.3 | You know, there was a point on Sunday where I almost message you to say, you know, we previewed free agency. |
| 0:57.4 | Did a couple pods on that. |
| 0:58.8 | But we didn't draft free agent contracts, which is an annual tradition. |
| 1:04.5 | And I was going to suggest that we do that next time. |
| 1:07.1 | And I guess I am suggesting that we do that next time, but not this time. |
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