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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 636: 2015 Season Preview Series: Oakland Athletics

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Baseball, Sports

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2015

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Sam preview the Athletics’ season with Philip Michaels, and Sahadev talks to Bay Area News Group A’s beat writer John Hickey (at 22:50).

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0:00.0

But if the arrow is straight, and the point is slick, it can pierce through dust no matter

0:10.5

how thick.

0:14.3

So I'll make my stand, and remain as I am, and bid farewell and not give a damn.

0:28.5

Good morning, and welcome to episode 636 of Effectively Wild, a daily podcast from baseball

0:34.9

perspective presented by the play index at baseballreference.com.

0:39.2

I am Ben Lindbergh of Grantland, joined by Sam Miller of baseball perspective.

0:43.5

Hello, hello.

0:45.6

We have returned to our usual recording locations.

0:49.0

I am back in New York.

0:50.5

Sam presumably is back in his kitchen.

0:54.3

And we are resuming our team preview podcast series.

0:58.6

Today we're going to be talking about the Oakland Athletics.

1:02.8

In our second segment, Saad of Sharma, we'll be speaking to John Hickey, the A's beat

1:07.9

writer at the Bay Area News Group.

1:10.4

But our first segment, as always, is with the BP Annual SA author in this case that is

1:16.6

Philip Michaels, who is a senior editor for TomSkyd.

1:21.0

TomSkyd.com, which if you have as many gadgets in your home as I do, you have no doubt visited

1:27.7

on many in occasion to read reviews about tech things.

1:32.2

It's been a valuable resource for me.

1:34.0

Hello.

1:35.0

Hello, thanks for having me.

1:36.6

We are happy to have you.

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