Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 1557: No Appearing in the Press Box
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk to a beat writer and a broadcaster—The Athletic’s White Sox reporter James Fegan and Diamondbacks and MLB Network R…
5 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1556: Zero to Sixty
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley answer listener emails about statistical leaders and record-setters in a small-sample season, what would make winning a …
5 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1555: Baseball Ambivalence
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the long-in-the-making announcement about the MLB season starting, touching on the resolution of the dispute bet…
5 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1554: Baseball Reacts to the Killing of George Floyd
Meg Rowley is joined by the New York Daily News’ Bradford William Davis and Baseball Prospectus’ Shakeia Taylor to discuss Major League Baseball’s re…
5 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1553: The Greed to Disagree
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley review the latest lack of progress toward starting the MLB season, touching on the false hope offered by a meeting betwe…
5 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1552: Confidence Interval
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Rob Manfred’s rapid flip-flop from expressing 100 percent confidence about an MLB season starting to expressing …
5 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1551: The 1998 Home Run Race Revisited
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller interview AJ Shnack, the director of ESPN’s new 30 for 30 documentary about the 1998 home run race, Long Gone Summer, to…
5 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1550: Make Me Your Worst Offer
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the continued standstill over starting the season, MLB’s series of superficially different, substantively i…
5 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1549: The Burdens of Being Black in Baseball
Ben Lindbergh talks to Braves outfield prospect Trey Harris about how he’s processed the murder of George Floyd and learned from the ongoing protests…
5 years, 8 months ago
Effectively Wild Programming Note
Ben briefly explains this week’s podcast hiatus. Link to Joon Lee on players’ statements Link to Marc Carig on MLB’s response Link to Bradford Willia…
5 years, 8 months ago