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Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 2325: MLB’s New Main Characters
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Rich Hill’s latest perfect game bid, whether the Tigers are as good as they’ve looked, Jared Jones’ elbow surgery and the Pirates’ offensive outage, Paul Sk…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2324: Hustle Hassle
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Elly De La Cruz’s unspectacular start to the season, the firing of Brandon Hyde and what it would take for them to blame a manager for a team’s disappointin…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2323: Look Ma(scot), No Pants
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about listener suggestions for terms for tandem home run robberies (and the opposite of home run robberies), whether it’s so O’sver in Baltimore, Jacob deGrom suc…
Published on 7 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2322: Rose-Colored Glasses
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Julio Rodríguez gifting a homer and then taking one away, two Red Sox outfielders teaming up to make a catch, home-run-robbery terminology, Conor Jackson an…
Published on 7 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2321: The Seventh-Inning (Dynamic) Stretch
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about an expert’s stance on stretching, whether the White Sox were the funniest team for the new Pope to support, what Paul Skenes signing up for the WBC signifie…
Published on 7 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2320: Baseball Jobs (Dietician and Fun-Fact Finder)
Ben Lindbergh and Ben Clemens of FanGraphs banter about the latest positional drama regarding Rafael Devers, then discuss whether and why pitchers leaguewide are Yu Darvish-ing and Tyler Holton-ing—…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2319: Going By the Book
It’s a baseball-book bonanza! Ben Lindbergh rounds up the authors of three new baseball books for conversations about their work and our relationships with the past. First he talks to John W. Miller…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2318: It Was the Worst of Times, it Was the Worst of Times
Ben Lindbergh brings on Brandon Uffner, an Orioles and Braves fan, to talk about his two teams’ slow starts to the season, his prescription for fixing them, how he came to root for them, managing hi…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2317: Wake Up Babe (Ruth)
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout’s latest injury, Pete Alonso’s renaissance, a Daulton Varsho recovery catch, Andrés Muñoz the cat guy, and the called strike zone (sort of) shrin…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2316: Brebbia is the Soul of Wit
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the unexpected power of Meg’s Mariners (and Jorge Polanco, specifically), in contrast to the Rangers’ unexpectedly light-hitting lineup. They also discuss a…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago