Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 2226: The Hug Heard ’Round the World
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about distracting digital and between-pitch ads and ever-present win probability graphs on playoff broadcasts, t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2225: The White Sox Unfun-Fact-Off
In (dis)honor of the 2024 White Sox displacing the 1962 Mets atop the modern-era single-season losses leaderboard, Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, FanGra…
1 year, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2224: The 2024 Postseason Primer
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the 50th anniversary of the first Tommy John surgery and how baseball would be different if the procedure …
1 year, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2223: Oakland’s Last (Home)stand
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about MLB’s oddly extended YouTube highlight videos, the league’s handling of a crucial, rained-out Mets/Brave s…
1 year, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2222: Deuces (Effectively) Wild
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s return from vacation, Corbin Burnes’s cutter comeback, the demotion of CJ Abrams, the no-longer-dyna…
1 year, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2221: 50-50 Shot
Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs’ Ben Clemens dissect the glorious game in which Shohei Ohtani founded the 50-50 and 51-51 Clubs, Ohtani’s most awe-inspi…
1 year, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2220: The Baseball Layers of The Onion
In a bonus EW episode, Ben Lindbergh talks to screenwriter and former editor-in-chief of The Onion Robert Siegel about his classic Onion opinion pie…
1 year, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2219: The Potential Playoff Fumbles
Ben Lindbergh and Joe Sheehan banter about high school, the persistent, befuddling allure of Craig Kimbrel, the Orioles’ recent struggles, the playo…
1 year, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2218: How the Tigers Got Gr-r-reat
Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs’ Dan Szymborski banter about Ben’s timing in respect to Declan Cronin’s homerless streak, the perils of podcasts, predic…
1 year, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 2217: Who Was That Masked Man?
Ben Lindbergh and R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports debate whether Jackson Holliday, Jackson Chourio, or Jackson Merrill will be the best player long term…
1 year, 5 months ago