Effectively Wild Episode 830: The Longest Listener Email Show

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Baseball, Sports

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Ben and Sam play a quick player guessing game, banter about pitching-coach projects and Coors Field fences, and answer listener emails about the Cubs and personal catchers, irrational fan beliefs, Mike Trout, and more.

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0:00.0	A play, oh no, you're such a long way to go.
0:07.0	I can play, get me out, you're such a long way, a long way back home.
0:16.0	Good morning and welcome to episode 830 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast for Baseball
0:22.2	Perspectives presented by the play index at baseballreference.com.
0:26.0	I'm Ben Lemberg of 538.
0:28.0	Joined is always by Sam Miller of baseball perspective.
0:31.0	Hello.
0:32.0	Hey pal, taking our weekly break from team preview podcasts to answer some emails and perchance
0:38.4	to banter.
0:39.4	Do you have anything to banter about?
0:41.0	Quick, quick BP adrinking game.
0:44.0	Oh no, just a quick one.
0:46.0	This is just the first one I landed on.
0:48.0	It's not like a special one.
0:50.0	I just thought I'd do it.
0:51.0	All right, you ready?
0:52.0	Yeah.
0:53.0	After nine seasons and 1,028 innings in the majors, here's this guy.
0:58.6	He's one of the game's most frustrating, talented, and inconsistent pitchers.
1:03.0	Dazzling.
1:04.0	Dazzling, and a half.
1:06.0	No.
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