Effectively Wild Episode 652: Revenue, Run Differential, and Ways to Win Now
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2015
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Sam banter about Doug Melvin’s extension talks and then answer listener emails about run differential, the players’ portion of revenue, Kris Bryant, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, I don't know, but I'm curious all the same. |
| 0:07.0 | I've been thinking for some time now. |
| 0:14.0 | Tell me why you came. |
| 0:18.0 | Tell me why you came. |
| 0:27.0 | Good morning and welcome to episode 652 of Effect of the Wild, the daily podcast from baseball |
| 0:33.3 | perspective presented by the play index at baseballreference.com. |
| 0:37.0 | I am Ben Lemberg of Grantland, joined by Saint Miller of baseball perspective. |
| 0:42.0 | Hello. |
| 0:43.0 | Ben, hi. |
| 0:44.0 | Okay. |
| 0:45.0 | We got a tweet today from someone who said that after a hundred episodes, he's finally learned |
| 0:50.6 | to keep us straight, learn to identify which of us is which. |
| 0:55.0 | We get tweets like this periodically. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm always amazed that we are not easily distinguishable. |
| 1:01.6 | I remember once overhearing a conversation of people who collectively could not tell Matt |
| 1:08.8 | Damon and Leo DiCaprio apart in the departed. |
| 1:13.0 | Well, I mean, you've got some face blindness, right? |
| 1:19.2 | I do. |
| 1:20.2 | I have bad face blindness. |
| 1:21.2 | And that's why it's, that's why I feel okay mocking them. |
| 1:24.4 | Yeah, because I had no, no trouble with, I guess, I guess there is voice blindness as |
| 1:32.3 | well. |
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