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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 439: The Email Answers You Asked For

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Sam answer listener emails about Jose Fernandez, the best baseball PED, a pitcher with perfect command, and more.

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0:00.0

I got a question more.

0:10.0

You can always take so sharp and good dawn.

0:19.5

I don't have to make pretend the picture I'm in.

0:25.3

Good morning and welcome to episode 439 of Effectively Wild.

0:29.6

I'm David Daly podcast from baseballperspectus presented by the baseballreference.com play index.

0:34.8

I am Ben Lindbergh.

0:36.2

Join us always by saying hello.

0:39.0

Hello.

0:40.4

Any banter?

0:41.4

I had some but forgot what it was.

0:44.8

Well Greg Dobbs was designated for assignment by the Marlins which I thought was funny because

0:50.8

I don't think we ever talked about it.

0:52.9

I meant to bring it up for banter during a show last year but I don't think I did that

0:57.3

but the Marlins signed Greg Dobbs to an extension not only in the middle of the season like they

1:03.4

really felt they needed to lock up Greg Dobbs but it was a Jeffrey Loria move that he negotiated

1:10.0

Dobbs's contract without the knowledge of the team's GM or the team's president of

1:15.6

operations.

1:16.6

He went over everyone's head to lock up Greg Dobbs in the middle of the season and now

1:21.7

the Marlins have DFA dobs after 13 pinch hit play appearances in which he batted 077.

1:31.4

So I said and to the longer than I would have expected Greg Dobbs era in Miami.

1:38.6

The other thing I wanted to ask you was last week we did the show where we guessed what

1:45.0

players career earnings were.

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