Effectively Wild Episode 732: Andy McCullough on A-Rod, the Royals, and Rock

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2015

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Ben and Sam talk to Kansas City Star Royals beat writer Andy McCullough about Alex Rodriguez, several Royals-related topics, and 1990s music.

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0:00.0	We will see where I'm right,
0:30.0	Good morning and welcome to episode 732 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast from
0:40.0	Baseball Perspectives presented by the Play Index at BaseballReturns.com.
0:44.6	I am Ben Lindbergh of Grantland, joined by Sam Miller at Baseball Perspectives, Hello Sam.
0:49.5	Hello.
0:50.5	We have a guest today, one of our favorite guests, the Kansas City Royals, clinched the
0:55.3	AL Central last night, so we are talking to a man who played no part in their success,
1:01.3	but was there the whole time, Andy McCullough?
1:04.2	Hello Andy.
1:05.2	Now these guys, like, you guys buy chaos theory, right?
1:09.2	True, if there had been some other beat writer in the clubhouse, it could destabilize the
1:14.8	whole thing.
1:15.8	That's a 100% true.
1:16.8	Like, I'm not saying it's because of me, that it happened, but to say that I've been,
1:22.3	you know, a meaningless factor in this, I'm going to think, you know, I mean, have you
1:26.2	guys read Jurassic Park?
1:28.8	I would, I mean, that also applies to Ben and me, though.
1:33.0	Sure.
1:34.0	I mean, we're, look, it's all connected, man.
1:36.0	The truth is out there.
1:38.1	Whether he played a part in the Royal Success or not, Andy is one of our favorite beat
1:43.1	writers.
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