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Back to SearchEffectively Wild Episode 1528: The Talented Mr. Henry
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about the strange story of a man named Bill Henry who impersonated former major league reliever Bill Henry for de…
5 years, 10 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1527: The Only Rule Revisited
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about how runs, hits, and errors became baseball’s standard scoreboard stats and the piecemeal way in which baseb…
5 years, 10 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1526: The Season of Uncertainty
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about new options for supporting FanGraphs and a potential plan to play the 2020 season with a radically realigne…
5 years, 10 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1525: Hey All You Cool Sacks and Chickens
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about a possible banter shortage, a mysterious sack of flour from 1971, the kinds of baseball stories being publi…
5 years, 10 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1524: Let’s Read Two
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller split up to talk to the authors of two new baseball books. First, Sam speaks to Sports Stories newsletter author Eric Nu…
5 years, 10 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1523: Do Try This at Home
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the response to FanGraphs’ request for financial support, discuss the latest news about minor league pay, T…
5 years, 10 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1522: Booking It
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller talk to Brad Balukjian, author of brand-new baseball book The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterli…
5 years, 11 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1521: Managers (Used to) Do the Darndest Things
Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and Meg Rowley begin by discussing the financial impact that the pandemic and the postponement of the baseball season have…
5 years, 11 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1520: Rough Draft
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the benefits, uncertainties, and downsides of the deal between MLB and the MLBPA to sort out salary and ser…
5 years, 11 months ago
Effectively Wild Episode 1519: Fauxpening Day
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about which types of old games they would want to rewatch, Noah Syndergaard’s Tommy John surgery, and how short i…
5 years, 11 months ago