Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 1617: Did Sabermetrics Break Baseball?
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley reflect on the fact that it took a former player to hire Kim Ng as MLB’s first woman general manager, follow up on the u…
5 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1616: MLB’s Other Cheating Problem
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Marlins hiring Kim Ng and the significance of Ng becoming MLB’s first woman GM, the Angels hiring Perry…
5 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1615: Yesterday’s News
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Marcus Stroman accepting the qualifying offer and tweeting about Tony La Russa, what the AL Cy Young voting…
5 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1614: The Most Difficult Free-Agent Contracts Draft
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about Jeff Luhnow’s lawsuit against the Astros and Max Muncy’s and Joe Kelly’s comments about MLB’s permeable pos…
5 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1613: The Need for Steve
Ben Lindbergh and guest co-host Steven Goldman of Baseball Prospectus banter about MLB’s Friday news dump, covering the Red Sox hiring Alex Cora, the…
5 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1612: Strength in Phone Numbers
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the status of the designated hitter and answer a listener email with a Stat Blast about hitters who’ve home…
5 years, 3 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1611: Feats of Clay
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley remind their audience to vote, then banter about this year’s selection of qualifying offers and what the Rays declining …
5 years, 4 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1610: Tony La WHOsa?
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the industry-shocking rehiring of Tony La Russa as the manager of the Chicago White Sox nine years after La Russ…
5 years, 4 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1609: Game, Set, Mask
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller discuss Justin Turner’s positive COVID test, his unsafe decision to return to the field after World Series Game 6, and w…
5 years, 4 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1608: A Wild World Series Weekend
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller break down the exciting fourth and fifth games of the World Series, touching on Brett Phillips’ momentous hit and the Do…
5 years, 4 months ago