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Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 1746: They’re Saying Boo-urns
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Padres reliever Austin Adams tying the single-season hit by pitch record (and some resulting safety concern…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1745: The State of the Starting Pitcher
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Blue Jays’ hot streak and playoff outlook and the meaning of clutchness, then meet major leaguers Andy …
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1744: The Pretty Good Players Draft
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Salvador Perez’s power output, durability, defense, and career, Shohei Ohtani’s offensive slump, the Rays c…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1743: On the Bubble
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Yastrzemski, “bubble guts,” and the right way for a manager to publicize a player’s intestinal distres…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1742: The Race (and Series) of the Season
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk to The Athletic’s Grant Brisbee and SB Nation’s Eric Stephen about the last series of the regular season between th…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1741: Call Up the Cavalry
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Wander Franco coming into his own, Kevin Newman’s steep offensive falloff post-spring training, a strikeout…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1740: Thumb WAR
Ben Lindbergh talks to Defector’s David Roth about the Mets’ freefall in the standings, the extremely Metsy controversy surrounding multiple players …
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1739: Poff Piece
Ben Lindbergh talks to The Ringer’s Zach Kram about how the red-hot Yankees have salvaged their season, mounted their longest winning streak in 60 ye…
4 years, 9 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1738: Molina and the Mound
Ben Lindbergh follows up on a Stat Blast that generated a lot of listener emails, then (13:04) talks to former major leaguer and current Angels catch…
4 years, 9 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1737: Walk on, Walk Off
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s post-concert encounter with a podcast listener, Miguel Cabrera’s 500th home run and the future of the…
4 years, 9 months ago