Effectively Wild Episode 2447: 1-2-3, WBC
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about corporate naming rights of spring training ballparks vs. MLB parks, and potential unwritten rules surrounding the challenge system, then (47:03) preview the World Baseball Classic with MLB.com’s Michael Clair, touching on the big and unsung stories of the WBC, whether the interest level will increase again, how often the WBC should be held, and more, as well as Michael’s WBC-inspired book, We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball.
Audio intro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Garrett Krohn, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to list of spring training parks
Link to list of MLB parks
Link to Abreu challenge
Link to Michael’s book
Link to electrician vs. Ohtani
Link to Michael’s pools preview
Link to Michael on possible surprise teams
Link to Michael on must-watch games
Link to Michael on who will win
Link to Kershaw clip
Link to Ben on WBC injuries
Link to Ben on demanding more WBCs
Link to Ben on Team USA
Link to UNP editor on EW
Link to denied visa story
Link to “yips” quote
Link to politician baseball expressions
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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 Meg Riley |
| 0:13.6 | I want to hear about show |
| 0:17.6 | Hey O Toney |
| 0:18.8 | Or Mike Tr trout with three marks. |
| 0:28.6 | Hello and welcome to episode 2447 of Effectively Wild |
| 0:33.9 | Baseball podcast from Fangraphs presented by our Patreon supporters. |
| 0:38.4 | I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Rally of VanGraphs. |
| 0:42.2 | Hello, Meg. |
| 0:43.3 | Well, we will be joined in a little while by Michael Clare of MLB.com, who is about to have a new book out. |
| 0:51.5 | It's called We Sacrifice Everything to Baseball, How the Czech Republic's Amateur Underdogs |
| 0:56.2 | became World Baseball Classic Heroes. |
| 0:58.9 | So it's a WBC-themed book, |
| 1:01.5 | and Michael is in Japan to cover the WBC. |
| 1:05.9 | And so we will be talking to him |
| 1:07.9 | in even greater depth about Mets pitching prospect Ryan Lambert's raw |
| 1:12.5 | egg consumption. We have called him from many time zones away. No, that's not true. Are you shocked? |
| 1:19.3 | Are you scared that that's what we were actually doing? No, we're not. We're going to talk to him |
| 1:23.5 | about the WBC, which seems... I was a little shocked. I mean, I wouldn't put it past me, but no, he will not be weighing in on that unless he decides |
| 1:31.1 | to, of his own accord. |
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