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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 2404: A (Bases) Loaded Question

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Aaron Judge having been teammates with both Taylor Ward and Tyler Wade, a revelation about the late-season health of Elly De La Cruz, and the hidden value of multiposition players such as Mauricio Dubón, then (38:22) answer listener emails about the terms “baseball lifer” and “double-barrel action,” when bases-loaded situations are separate, how to count innings, a weird double play, how to classify switch-hitters, non-switch-hitters who should consider switch-hitting, and whether wealth can buy a good farm system.

Audio intro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme
Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme

Link to Elly injury info
Link to September Elly episode
Link to AA quotes on Dubón
Link to 2025 FRV leaders
Link to Kostka thread on Grayson
Link to double play clip 1
Link to double play clip 2
Link to double play clip 3
Link to Rendon homer story
Link to Popkins origin story
Link to listener emails database
Link to Narduzzi clip
Link to Narduzzi story
Link to Secret Santa sign-up

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0:00.0

O' Tarni, the Stap Place, the beef forest are so shweets,

0:07.0

the avi pettance, and super, a fete, a fete,

0:11.0

I think that it's effectively cool,

0:14.0

I think that it's effectively wild,

0:19.0

effectively,

0:20.0

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0:21.6

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0:22.6

Wilde

0:23.6

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0:27.6

salvage

0:28.6

Hello and welcome to

0:34.6

episode 2404 of Effectively Wild

0:37.1

a fangrass baseball podcast brought

0:38.7

to you by our Patreon supporters. I'm Meg Rowley of Fangraphs and I'm joined by Ben Lindberg

0:43.4

of the ringer, Ben, how are you on my first take? No one will ever know if that was true or not,

0:50.6

except for me. And maybe Shane. I'm doing okay. I'm a little less stuffed up than you sound

0:55.7

for now. I don't even have children, you know, like, what, what is this? What is this? What's this?

1:02.1

What's this about? I don't know. I don't even know. I like, I go and I be social one time and now I

1:08.5

sound like, oh, well, that's your mistake maybe, is socializing.

1:12.7

I should have been at home.

1:14.1

It's one way to stay healthy and safe.

1:17.1

Sure.

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