Effectively Wild Episode 2101: Eating Crow
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether MLB should implement an NHL-esque holiday transaction freeze, then (5:53) answer listener emails about Bryce Harper, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, and tampering, abandoning the Angels, what to do after visiting every MLB and MiLB ballpark, when the last-place finishers of 2023 will be 90-win true-talent teams, “prep” prospects, valuing a player with a knack for inspirational speeches, and applying a college-football-style playoff-selection process to MLB, followed by Stat Blasts (1:12:29) about Bobo Newsom and the most inveterate team-changers, a 13-year-old Ben’s all-time Yankees lineup, and whether the balanced schedule contributed to 2023’s MLB attendance boost.
Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to tweet about transaction freeze
Link to Harper/Trout tampering
Link to Major League Rules
Link to Ortiz tampering
Link to Judge/Machado tampering
Link to FG on legalizing tampering
Link to Harper/Stanton tweets
Link to EW Episode 1053
Link to EW on abandoning the A’s
Link to Negro Leagues parks
Link to EW Episode 419
Link to BaseRuns records
Link to You’re Wrong About pod
Link to Decoder Ring pod
Link to Heyward speech info
Link to Ohtani speech info
Link to CFB selection explainer
Link to Florida State snub explainer
Link to listener emails database
Link to EW Episode 1780
Link to Bobo SABR bio
Link to Bobo book bio
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to team-changing leaderboard
Link to 2009 study on turnover rates
Link to Ben on turnover rates
Link to Ben’s pottery plaque
Link to Yankees 1B WAR leaders
Link to Yankees 2B WAR leaders
Link to Yankees SS WAR leaders
Link to Yankees 3B WAR leaders
Link to Yankees C WAR leaders
Link to Yankees LF WAR leaders
Link to Yankees CF WAR leaders
Link to Yankees RF WAR leaders
Link to Yankees P WAR leaders
Link to Crosetti SABR bio
Link to Meusel SABR bio
Link to Mary Miner obit
Link to July attendance convo
Link to attendance data
Link to Chris Hanel tweets
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