Effectively Wild Episode 598: The A’s, Rebuilding, and Ben Zobrist
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2015
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Sam banter about Ryan Lavarnway and Billy Beane fan fiction, then discuss the Ben Zobrist trade.
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| 0:00.0 | So, let's, I know you're a dreamer, and I know you like to live in your head. |
| 0:02.8 | But what in your wildest dreams would make you think I would leave my firm? |
| 0:06.0 | One of the most prestigious in Chicago to come work for what is basically a startup. |
| 0:10.5 | Because I have the one thing I know you want. |
| 0:14.5 | What? |
| 0:15.5 | Can't even guess? |
| 0:16.5 | I can't even begin to guess. |
| 0:18.5 | I'm happy where I am. |
| 0:20.5 | Baseball Commissioner. |
| 0:25.5 | It's the one thing George W. Bush wanted more than the presidency. |
| 0:30.5 | I'll play games with me. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm not. |
| 0:33.0 | The leagues are big as a client. |
| 0:35.0 | The commissioner is getting on in years. |
| 0:37.0 | He needs a successor. |
| 0:38.0 | The successor is going to come from our firm. |
| 0:41.0 | You know baseball. |
| 0:42.0 | You know the law. |
| 0:44.0 | Good morning and welcome to episode 598 of Effectively Wild. |
| 0:49.0 | The daily podcast from baseball perspective brought to you by the Play Index at baseballreference.com |
| 0:55.5 | which could tell you that you now less cabaret went from a plus 15 defensive rating two years ago to minus 24 last year. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm Sam Miller with Ben Lindberg of Grantland. |
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