Effectively Wild Episode 2522: The New Funnest Fact
About this episode
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various baseball topics including fun facts, player debuts, and recent controversies.
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about baseball’s new reigning fun fact (courtesy of Pete Crow-Armstrong and Randy Arozarena ), Kade Anderson ’s debut and Dan Wilson’s slow hook, a Cal Raleigh rally, and the firing of Astros GM Dana Brown, then Stat Blast (41:51) about a Phillies comeback, a strange Yankees streak, an unusual double play, getting hit by both pitched and batted balls, and consecutive same names in lineups, before finishing by discussing (58:37) follow-ups and errata pertaining to the previous week’s podcasts and (1:18:02) a sign-stealing/unwritten-rules controversy courtesy of the Cubs and Diamondbacks. Audio intro : Jonathan Crymes, “ Effectively Wild Theme 2 ” Audio outro : Moon Hound, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to PCA/Randy fun fact 1 Link to PCA/Randy fun fact 2 Link to FG post on Anderson Link to Sheehan on Wilson/Anderson Link to Cal homers video Link to Cal homers article 1 Link to Cal homers article 2 Link to Cal slump analysis Link to MLBTR on Brown 1 Link to MLBTR on Brown 2 Link to Nightengale on Brown Link to Clemens on Brown Link to Wells gear 1 Link to Wells gear 2 Link to Schwarber…
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