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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
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4.8 • 85 Ratings
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Ben Lindbergh (The Ringer), Meg Rowley (FanGraphs), and an array of guests talk about baseball with an analytical bent, covering a mix of timely topics from the serious to the absurd a few times per week.
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Effectively Wild Episode 2159: The Bees and the Birds
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s unexpected experience at the bee-delayed Diamondbacks game, Shota Imanaga’s hot start, Reed Garrett and the phenomenon of pop-up relievers, Steven Kwan appreciation, how Mike Trout’s and Bryce Harper’s careers will be remembered, José Abreu being optioned to the minors, and a declined penalty in baseball, plus follow-ups […]
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Effectively Wild Episode 2158: Small Sausage Size
After a podcast preface by Ben Lindbergh about Mike Trout’s knee injury (sigh), Ben and Meg Rowley banter (4:19) about a weekend White Sox sweep, the overdue news that Nike is supposedly fixing the much-maligned MLB uniforms, follow-ups about rule rollbacks, ballplayer dirt ingestion, the “group Maddux,” and promotion/relegation, and the Twins’ summer sausage. Then […]
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Effectively Wild Episode 2157: Sophomore Lumps
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether they believe the projections that peg the White Sox as merely a run-of-the-mill terrible team, this season’s sophomore slumps (so far), and more on ballplayer dirt consumption and replay review protocol, then (30:09) answer listener emails about promotion and relegation in professional baseball, the definition of “getaway […]
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Effectively Wild Episode 2156: Pluses and Minuses
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how much dirt MLB players ingest in a season, the second-most-encouraging stat about Mike Trout’s season, Shohei Ohtani, Earl Webb, and the single-season doubles record, Cody Bellinger and whether the Cubs should pad the walls at Wrigley Field, whether replay review should privilege the call on the field, […]
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Effectively Wild Episode 2155: Just for (Slow) Starters
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rockies (and their charter pilots) running afoul of the FAA, Jackson Holliday’s slow start, whether the Astros or Twins has hurt their division-title chances more, two embarrassing umpire incidents, offense being down relative to last season, the concept of a “combined Maddux,” Shohei Ohtani’s WAR as a […]
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Effectively Wild Episode 2154: Sliding Doors and Sliding Home
Amid a wave of pitcher injuries, Ben Lindbergh talks to Dr. Rich Nye (4:20), a former major leaguer whose career-ending injury became a career-beginning injury when he decided to become an exotic-animal veterinarian (among other occupations). Then (1:07:09) Ben talks to prolific TV creators/writers/producers Tom Fontana and Julie Martin about what might have been for […]
Customer Reviews
Grand slam
Superb must-listen podcast for any baseball fan. Ben, Sam and Meg have been consistently entertaining, offered in-depth and amusing discussion, EVEN while there hasn’t been any baseball due to Covid-19.
The best!
Intelligent and funny baseball chat with Ben and Jeff make my hour long commutes much less mundane. So many over the top American sports commentators really make being a baseball fan a drag sometimes but these guys really do a great job. I don’t know hat is so without them. Love the fact it’s good length and so many episodes. Keep up the great work guys.
Good but...
...totally sick of the anti-Mets bias, it’s very clear when you listen that Ben is a ‘former’ Yankees fan. I just wish it was a truly neutral podcast that doesn’t perpetuate the same tired narratives. Let’s make this happen! Very good otherwise
NB - rating drops the more this continues, 4 stars after the Mets/blue jays preview