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Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 1786: The Rosin for the Season
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the United States of Shohei Ohtani and Baseball-Reference player page popularity, a perplexing fact about f…
4 years, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1785: What is This, a Cooperstown Episode?
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how baseball writers are coping with the lockout, revisit the burst of spending that preceded its start, an…
4 years, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1784: Have You Heard The Rumor?
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the reasons for and consequences of MLB’s lack of compelling record chases (à la Alex Ovechkin’s in the NHL…
4 years, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1783: The Rumor Chill
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the slow drip of baseball news during the lockout, why MLB’s competitive balance gets a bad rap, the Rays’ …
4 years, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1782: Six Plaque Confabs
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk to Adam Darowski, the baseball historian, Hall of Fame scholar, and Head of User Experience at Sports Reference, ab…
4 years, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1781: Hidden Balls Trick
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about listener responses to their earlier conversation about the proper pluralization of “hit by pitch,” then (11…
4 years, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1780: Thank You for Your Service
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about which teams have the most unfinished roster construction to complete post-lockout and the league’s and unio…
4 years, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1779: The Show Must Go On
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the beginning of the lockout, which marks MLB’s ninth work stoppage and the first in 26 years. They also di…
4 years, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1778: The Storm Before the Calm
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the onslaught of transaction activity leading up to the expiration of the CBA, touching on why they and others m…
4 years, 5 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1777: Happy Francsgiving
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rays signing 20-year-old Wander Franco to a long-term extension, rapid movement in the starting-pitcher…
4 years, 6 months ago