Effectively Wild Episode 2462: Coolness Personified (and Quantified)

About this episode

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various baseball topics including player performances and statistics.

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Carter Jensen’ s several (inadequate) alarms and why big leaguers don’t oversleep more often, Artemis II, Daniel Susac as the sequel to Andrew Susac , the timing of Konnor Griffin’ s call-up, the many ways to marvel at (and value) Jo Adell ’s home-run-robbery spree, Patrick Corbin the Blue Jay, a quintessentially 2026 half-inning, and follow-up emails, plus (1:40:47) a postscript featuring an Afterball by Ben about national announcer stats. Audio intro : Justin Peters, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Sean .P, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to “It’s Been Awhile” Link to Jensen oversleeping story Link to Pasquantino quote Link to Jensen TikTok clip Link to Russell on young baseball brains Link to overview effect wiki Link to Yankees/Marlins Artemis story Link to Artemis wholesomeness Link to Apollo and baseball story Link to Susac’s nephew Link to Baumann on Griffin Link to MLBTR on Griffin Link to Olney’s deleted tweet Link to info on extensions and PPI Link to Adell catch 1 Link to Adell catch 2 Link to Adell catch 3 Link to 2026 OF FRV…

People in this episode

Hosts: Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Topics covered

• baseball
• player analysis
• home run robberies
• player call-ups
• sports statistics
• team dynamics

Keywords

• Carter Jensen
• Daniel Susac
• Konnor Griffin
• Jo Adell
• Patrick Corbin
• Artemis II
• home run robberies
• baseball statistics

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Yankees, Marlins, Apollo, Angels, M's

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