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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 415: 2014 Season Preview Series: Los Angeles Dodgers

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Baseball, Sports

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2014

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Sam preview the Dodgers’ season with Doug Thorburn, and Nick talks to Los Angeles Times Dodgers beat writer Dylan Hernandez (at 25:52).

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0:00.0

As a minor league mascot, I've had my share of accidents.

0:03.6

Backwards tripping to the dugout, the beer spill electrical incident, the inhaled peanut.

0:08.1

So I'm glad I have Blue Shield.

0:10.2

Good morning and welcome to episode 415 of Effectively Wild, the daily podcast from Baseball

0:16.3

Perspectus, presented by the play index at baseballreference.com.

0:21.9

I'm Sam Miller with Ben Lindbergh.

0:24.6

In 20 minutes, Nick will be talking to Dylan Hernandez, the excellent beat writer for the Los

0:28.9

Angeles Times, who covers the Dodgers.

0:31.3

But in the meantime, we will be talking to Doug Thorburn, Baseball Perspectus author,

0:36.7

as well as the writer of the Dodgers comments in this year's annual.

0:42.2

Doug, how are you?

0:43.2

I'm doing really well.

0:44.2

It's tough for the season to start.

0:46.2

Yeah, well, it already started.

0:48.4

That's true, especially for the Dodgers.

0:51.2

For the Dodgers.

0:52.2

Yeah, I was hoping you would know that, because it would be awkward if we were here dying

0:54.6

of other Dodgers and you were unaware of the two games that they played the count.

0:59.2

Yeah, I happen to notice.

1:00.2

I may have been watching, you know.

1:02.0

Good.

1:03.0

So, you're the last, you're the last writer that we've talked to, the 30 teams Dodgers

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