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Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 1820: Ban the Grift
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs author Dan Szymborski discuss the drawbacks and virtues of expanded playoffs, the ideal expanded-playoff for…
4 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1819: The Underground Baserunner
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley answer listener emails about shortening the regular season, whether baserunners could tunnel under the basepaths, creati…
4 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1818: Smile, You’re on Manfred Camera
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by Evan Drellich, senior writer for The Athletic, to talk about the benefits and drawbacks of reporting from …
4 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1817: Opening Delay
In the hours immediately following MLB’s decision to cancel the first two series of the regular season, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by Be…
4 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1816: Another Date That Lives in Infamy
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a week of many meetings but no breakthroughs between MLB and the MLBPA, Liberty Media’s financial disclosur…
4 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1815: Better Prospects
Ben and Meg Rowley are joined by FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen and national writer Kevin Goldstein for a FanGraphs Prospects Week …
4 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1814: The Angel in the Outfield
In an all-mailbag episode, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley answer listener emails about baseball with nine DH spots (and separate offensive and defensiv…
4 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1813: The Stanky Draft
Inspired by the loophole-exposing chicanery of former player and manager Eddie “The Brat” Stanky, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley draft 19 MLB rule chan…
4 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1812: The Metaverse of Madness
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s embarrassing use of a definite article, the latest non-developments in the MLB-MLBPA CBA discussions,…
4 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1811: How Will the Lockout End?
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Baseball Prospectus editor-in-chief Craig Goldstein discuss the owners’ latest CBA counterproposal, why analyzing Comp…
4 years, 3 months ago