Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 1708: Spinning Out
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Jose Altuve forgoing a home run trot, then break down the details of MLB’s plan to enforce the rules agains…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1707: Baseball-Reference Rewrites its Record Books
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s experience seeing Shohei Ohtani pitch, hit, and play right field in person, why balks can be so incom…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1706: The Giants, (Sort of) Explained
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and The Athletic’s Grant Brisbee discuss Grant’s experience co-hosting a podcast with Hunter Pence and Grant’s hatred of t…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1705: Spit Takes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about another prescient player prediction (this time involving the Phillies’ Luke Williams), Nick Madrigal’s hams…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1704: How the Foreign-Substance Crackdown Could Go
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter (sans spoilers) about baseball movie A Quiet Place Part II, Eric Sogard sliding over first base, a Travis Jankows…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1703: Yesterday’s Papers
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Sports Illustrated’s Emma Baccellieri banter about Ryan Yarbrough throwing a rare Rays complete game, then share their…
4 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1702: Just a Bit Outside
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about why “Zombie Runner,” not “Manfred Man,” remains their preferred term for the automatic runner, zombies in g…
4 years, 9 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1701: Just Spitballing
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Luis Urías, the zombie runner, and walk-off wins, a few other aspects of the Will Craig/Javier Báez play, a…
4 years, 9 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1700: Dirty Secrets and Naked Truths
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Javier Báez and Will Craig combining on a baffling blooper, a naked streaker seizing the moment during a ra…
4 years, 9 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1699: Fixed That for You
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Baseball Prospectus editor-in-chief Craig Goldstein banter about cicadas, New Era’s short-lived “MLB Local Market” cap…
4 years, 9 months ago