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• Effectively Wild Episode 2374: The Death of ExsportiseBen Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the deepening twilight of Mike Trout, then (21:19) discuss why the so-called “death of expertise” sweeping society hasn’t swept sports in the same way, before answering listener emails (1:04:01) about whether the Rangers are good, how the count can be “quickly 0-2,” what makes a righty seem like […]...2025Check it out Meg Rowley breaking news -
• Effectively Wild Episode 2373: The Ballpark PanopticonBen Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss and speculate about the percentage of major leaguers who’ve been inducted into some hall of fame and banter about Elly De La Cruz’s extended slump, Sean Murphy’s hip-to-be-tear revelation, and the perils of playing through injury, then assess where the line is when publicly shaming fans for ballpark behavior, […]...2025Check it out Meg Rowley news today
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2372: How Slow Can You Go?Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s near no-hitter, the Effectively Wild bump, and the Orioles’ incredible comeback), then banter (and quasi-Stat Blast) about four subjects: whether Shohei Ohtani has been more or less valuable as a DH only or as a two-way player this season; whether Cal Raleigh hits a disproporionate number of […]...2025Click for news about Meg Rowley news and rumors
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2371: Why No No-Nos?Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether Trent Grisham’s 30-homer season is more or less surprising than Juan Soto’s almost-30-steal season, Colson Montgomery’s dinger spree, why there hasn’t been a no-hitter this season, and the exciting-but-boring AL/NL West races. Then (26:47) they bring on top-tier Patreon supporter Ashton Moss to banter about his baseball [...2025Check it out Meg Rowley rumors
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2370: Generation Yay?Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about broadcasters’ anxiety about saying “Cam Schlittler,” whether the Mets’ pitching-prospect trio of Nolan McLean, Jonah Tong, and Brandon Sproat will produce more WAR than “Generation K,” a protracted trot by Rafael Devers, whether Framber Valdez intentionally crossed up his catcher, how a lockout looming in late 2026 could...2025Check it out Meg Rowley breaking news today
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2369: The Epitome of MidBen Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk about not talking about the Cardinals, then banter about Sandy Alcantara’s resurgence, whether Walker Buehler will have his own bounceback for the Phillies, Ha-Seong Kim’s reunion with Jurickson Profar, the concept of “adversarial location,” Aroldis Chapman and Taj Bradley‘s discoveries of inside/outside and scouting reports, respecti...2025See more Meg Rowley headline news
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Ben Lindbergh injury and suspension
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2373: The Ballpark Panopticon
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2367: Good Takes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the semi-resurgence of Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, and Clayton Kershaw, Nathan Eovaldi’s injury and Patrick Corbin’s climb to the top of the Rangers innings leaderboard, the great-but-forgotten Steve Rogers, the end of Andrew Heaney’s Pirates tenure, Royce Lewis’s focus on his stats, whether MLB’s strikeout rate has declin...2025Continue with Meg Rowley injury
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2365: MVP? Wait and See
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about sports equivalents to baseball’s bat crack, Colson Montgomery’s torpedo bat, reserving judgement on the MVP race, Francisco Alvarez’s minor league reset (and subsequent injury), a Kyle Tucker slump/injury update, the hot hitting of Giancarlo Stanton and Jakob Marsee, the Twins’ new knuckleballer, Pierson Ohl, and the ramifications o...2025Read about Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2363: See More Seymours
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the commissioner’s power to dictate conversations about baseball, realignment possibilities, whether league distinctions still matter, how much they have to banter about, Victor Robles’s bat throw and suspension, the latest Tommy Pham flare-up, a Ketel Marte controversy, the Brewers, the Blue Jays, and what teams’ styles of play […]...2025See also Meg Rowley injury
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2354: Nothin’ But News
Well, almost nothin’. Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ichiro Suzuki’s Cooperstown induction, Nick Kurtz’s four-homer game, Aaron Judge’s injury (and Cal Raleigh’s MVP candidacy), Bryce Harper’s showdown with Rob Manfred, Emmanuel Clase’s implication in baseball’s brewing pitch-fixing scandal, Royals, Tigers, Braves, and Yankees trades, and ...2025Visit the page Meg Rowley availability report
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2345: Amazing Stories
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Brandon Woodruff and the minor medical miracle of players returning from significant injuries to be big leaguers again, the likelihood of players becoming or repeating as all-stars, Clayton Kershaw as an honorary all-star, the end (for now) of the Pete Alonso Home Run Derby era and the Derby’s […]...2025Visit the page Meg Rowley availability report
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2343: Say it Ain’t Low, Luis
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how many members of the All-Star Celebrity Softball Game roster they have heard of, honorary all-stars, and velocity spikes preceding arm injuries, then discuss an investigation concerning possible pitch-fixing by Luis L. Ortiz, a federal civil rights complaint about the Dodgers’ DEI policies, and Rob Manfred’s pitch to […]...2025Read about Meg Rowley injury report
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2332: The Setup Man Cannot Hold
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Spencer Strider’s concerning performance, how he and Sandy Alcantara remind us that comebacks from elbow surgery aren’t automatic, and whether things are lookng up for the White Sox on and off the field. Then (32:23) they bring on top-tier Patreon supporter John Thomas to banter about his background […]...2025Visit the page Meg Rowley availability report
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2331: The Secret Sauce
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Pete Alonso’s performance since they marveled at his hot start, the return of Craig Kimbrel, Max Muncy’s tale of two seasons, how hitters fare after LASIK, the Mets’ “secret sauce” against Shohei Ohtani, whether the Dodgers’ injury woes will hurt their capacity to recruit pitchers, Brandon Pfaadt’s “yes [R...2025Read about Meg Rowley injuries
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2330: Tapped Out
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Taylor Walls fulfilling a preseason podcast prediction by being ejected after tapping his helmet following a questionable call (and the many notifications Ben and Meg received from EW listeners), Luke Weaver’s stretching injury, the Rockies’ purported improvement, the decline of the closer as bullpen protagonist, a miraculous softball-delivery ...2025Click for news about Meg Rowley injury
Ben Lindbergh lifestyle
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2352: Turn Every Paige
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the long-awaited baseball events that occurred during Ben’s brief vacation, highlighted by Rich Hill’s return to the majors. They also discuss developments involving other quadragenarian pitchers, provide an update on their “2025 in 2025” Patreon campaign, and consider Bryan Woo’s parents’ dedication to attending all of ...2025See more Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2328: Rogers Tat
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rockies’ historic series losing streak and their rest-of-season projections, an Orioles fan’s decision to get the name of Trevor Rogers tattooed on his butt, a Patrick Corbin innings-eating update, draft prospect Jace LaViolette’s dedication to staying in the lineup, the late-career struggles of Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, [...2025Check it out Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2288: Season Preview Series: Red Sox and Athletics
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether certain injuries can improve players, old-but-good guys not getting gigs, the offensive disparity between the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues, and Bryce Harper’s Phanatic tattoo. Then they preview the 2025 Boston Red Sox (31:16) with The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, and the 2025 Sacramento Athletics (1:25:13) with Jason […]...2025See more articles Red Sox
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
2016Visit the page Cole Hamels
Timeline
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"Former big leaguer Tommy Brown passed away today at age 97, according to The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh." - 2024
"During the offseason, Meg Rowley and Ben Lindbergh on the Effectively Wild Podcast discussed the purely negative aesthetics of watching a Blake Snell start." - 2023
"In the fourth incarnation of a time-honored tradition that recurs every 500-ish episodes, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by former co-hosts Sam Miller and Jeff Sullivan, and The Athletic’s Grant Brisbee, to draft assorted things that they like about baseball, followed (1:37:06) by a Past Blast from 2000." - 2022
"Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley reconnect with former cohost Sam Miller to discuss what he’s been up to since he stopped working for ESPN in December 2020, how the 2021 Giants rekindled his fandom, the pros and cons of paying attention to projections, what (if anything) he’s missed about covering baseball professionally, his plans for […]" - 2021
"Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s return from podcast paternity leave, the quality of the 2021 postseason, whether the Braves were underrated or simply overperformed, what teams might learn from and emulate about Atlanta’s success, postseason pitcher usage and game length, the career and retirement of Buster Posey, their upcoming discussion of TV […]" - 2017
"However, Manship told Ben Lindbergh of The Ringer it was a “no-brainer” to head to the Korea Baseball Organization, where he’ll play for the NC Dinos." - 2016
"As recounted in Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller's book about running the 2015 Stompers, The Only Rule Is It Has to Work, Conroy came out to his parents when he was a teenager." - 2015
"It's not surprising to see them atop the list, as Grantland's Ben Lindbergh noted back in May that pounding hitters low and away is a house specialty in Houston." - 2014
"As noted by Grantland's Ben Lindbergh, Sabermetricians have long criticized Jeter's defense, and both Tom Fornelli of CBSSports."
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Ben Lindbergh trade rumors, contract, salary rumors
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2362: Poob Has Baseball for You
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether any of the teams that sold at the trade deadline can make an improbable playoff run, whether the Dodgers’ position in the playoff race refutes or confirms preseason fears about their advantages, and the accelerating splintering of sports broadcasts (MLB on the Poob tube!), then answer emails […]...2025See also Meg Rowley contract rumors
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2356: The Trade Lifeline
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about where they stand on two competing perceptions of this year’s trade deadline activity and why it turned out not to be a dudline, then discuss all the major storylines—including A.J. Preller’s all-in antics, the Twins’ teardown, Carlos Correa’s Houston reunion, and the closer carousel—before going through moves on […]...2025Check it out Meg Rowley salary
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2349: Swing-Off, Derby, and Draft
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen discuss the lows and highs of the Home Run Derby and the All-Star Game and swing-off, plus banter about beef boys, Blooper, kissing, and the timing of the All-Star break, then (1:03:40) recap the amateur draft, touching on the selection of Eli Willits first […]...2025See also Meg Rowley salary rumors
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2347: Time Elia All Wounds
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Blooper, the All-Star-Game-hosting Braves’ flagging fortunes, the pre-deadline trade market, the simultaneous surges of Ceddanne Rafaela and Pete Crow-Armstrong, the performances of old pitchers Charlie Morton, Clayton Kershaw, and Justin Verlander, and the death and legacy of Lee Elia, then (1:01:44) share several Stat Blasts about players who [R...2025Check it out Meg Rowley contract rumors
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• Outside The Confines: Giant stepsD. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images The Rafael Devers trade shakes up the sport. Shohei Ohtani returns to the mound. A pitching masterpiece at the College World Series. Good morning. I hope you like reading about Rafael Devers, because a good chunk of the news today is about that shocking trade on Sunday. By the way, Devers was 2 for 5 with an RBI double last night. The Giants still lost to the ...2025See also Rafael Devers salary rumors -
• Effectively Wild Episode 2328: Rogers Tat
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 3, 2025Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Still searching for that first series victory. The Royals regret their offense wasting a great pitching performance yesterday: The Royals maintain it’s still too early to have any referendum on their offensive struggles, just six games into the season. They’re averaging 3.8 runs per game, aided by the 11-run rout over Milwaukee earlier this week. But the...2025Continue with Michael Massey trade rumors -
• Effectively Wild Episode 2302: Opening Delay and the 2025 Team Fun Draft
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley react to assorted frustrations and delights of Opening Day, then (42:07) conduct the fifth annual Team Fun Draft, in which they draft all 30 teams in order of how fun they expect them to be to follow in 2025. Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes 2, “Effectively Wild Theme 2” Audio outro: El Warren, […]...2025Click for news about Meg Rowley contract
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2295: Only the Best Breakout Picks
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Jacob deGrom dialing down the velo, the Cardinals signing their first free agent of the offseason, David Robertson still being available, the underrated career of Yasmani Grandal, the latest New Era cap confusion, follow-ups on several recent topics, and the newly jacked Mr. Met. Then (57:22) they talk […]...2025Read about Meg Rowley contract rumors
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2293: Impossible Sliders and Extremely Slow Curves
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a baseball flub in medical procedural The Pitt, Lawrence Butler’s extension, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s lofty contract target, how the ball moves differently in the Cactus League, and the value of variety in pitch selection, followed by Stat Blasts (49:20) about the WAR values of letters in player names, […]...2025See more Meg Rowley contract rumors
Ben Lindbergh stats and results
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2373: The Ballpark Panopticon
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2367: Good Takes
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2354: Nothin’ But News
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2340: Kick Me Out of the Ball Game
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Dicky, er, Richard Lovelady’s short tenure with the Mets, round one of Paul Skenes vs. Jacob Misiorowski, the nature of modern pitcher’s duels, a Jacob-related fun fact, updates on Juan Soto and Jo Adell, revisiting childhood favorites through the lens of advanced stats, and public funding for the […]...2025Continue with Meg Rowley scores
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• Outside The Confines: Giant steps
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2336: All Your Future Devers
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the Rafael Devers trade in depth, covering why Boston made the move, the resulting fan frustration, and the Giants impact. Then (57:56) they cover bad news about Christian Montes De Oca, John Brebbia, and Johnny O’Brien before bantering about Shohei Ohtani’s return to the mound, the Rays rotation, Charlie […]...2025Continue with Meg Rowley stats
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2322: Rose-Colored Glasses
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Julio Rodríguez gifting a homer and then taking one away, two Red Sox outfielders teaming up to make a catch, home-run-robbery terminology, Conor Jackson and remembering some guys who were good for your fantasy team, pouring one out for the Austin Barnes Dodgers era, lopsided scores, and the […]...2025Check it out Meg Rowley statistics
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2305: How Low Can it Go?
In a grab-bag episode, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the low league BABIP early in the season, the most interesting standings developments so far (with emphases on the Dodgers, Padres, Braves, and AL Central), Atlanta re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-acquiring Jesse Chavez, early attendance issues for the A’s, (team-friendly?) extensions for Jackson Merrill, Kristian Campbell, and Ketel [...2025See also Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2301: Organing Day
Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs writer Dan Szymborski banter about how much spring training stats matter, which players improved their projections the most this spring, whether prospects really have a harder time making the transition to MLB from Triple-A today, their spring training award winners, the five-ish biggest questions/storylines for each of them this MLB season, […]...2025Visit the page Dan Szymborski statistics
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2280: Season Preview Series: Rays and Brewers
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mets re-signing Pete Alonso, the Twins signing Harrison Bader, and the compressed standings in the newly released FanGraphs and Baseball Prospectus playoff odds. Then they preview the 2025 Tampa Bay Rays (31:35) with MLB.com’s Adam Berry, and the 2025 Milwaukee Brewers (1:09:55) with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s […]...2025Check it out Meg Rowley statistics
Ben Lindbergh parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2352: Turn Every Paige
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• Outside The Confines: Giant steps
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2271: Deaths Came in Three
Deaths don’t actually come in threes—unfortunately, there are many more than that—but Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley begin by marking the passings of a trio of notable figures: David Lynch, Bob Uecker, and Tommy Brown. Then (35:27) they talk about the maybe-momentous signing of a Japanese player not named Roki Sasaki (Shotaro Morii), follow up […]...2025Read about Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2234: Swing States
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s surprise presence and PitchCom conspiracies, recap the big moments (and big swings) from the end of the ALCS and NLCS, compare and contrast Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton, consider the 2025 outlooks for the Guardians and Mets, discuss the implications of a World Series matchup between big […]...2024Visit the page Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2138: Our Favorite Offseason Moves
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Dylan Cease trade, the post-trade outlooks for the Padres and White Sox, and the incomparably chaotic Padres POBO A.J. Preller, then (31:22) discuss who the best pitcher in baseball is with Gerrit Cole on the shelf, Shohei Ohtani’s wife reveal (41:33), and (49:34) ESPN’s planned on-screen win […]...2024Visit the page Meg Rowley
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• Outside the Confines: Welcome to the Cold StovePhoto by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images All the news from around baseball as we wait for the Hot Stove to unthaw itself. I hope everyone across the Midwest is staying warm and staying safe. And much of the rest of the country as well. The Hot Stove has been as cold as the weather outside, but it’s really heating up since the Mets traded outfielder Cooper Hummel to the Giants...2024Click for news about Hot Stove -
• Outside The Confines: Snakes alive!Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The first two games of the World Series have been completed and the signs are pointing to a classic battle in the Fall Classic. And speaking of signs . . . Plus other news from the Word Series and MLB. Good morning. We’ve got a tied World Series and a really classic Game 1. Game 3 goes tonight. Are the Snakes still alive? Or will the Rangers continue t...2023Click for news about Carmen Mandato -
• Outside The Confines: Piracy is on the rise
Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The season is a month old and it’s time to take stock. The Rays are on a historic pace. Pirates are better than expected. The Cardinals stink. And more news from around baseball. Happy Mash Mervis Day to all of those who celebrate. Oh, who am I kidding. All of you celebrate Mash Mervis Day. The Tampa Bay Rays just keep on winning. After yesterday’s win over ...2023Visit the page World Series
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• Effectively Wild Episode 1808: The Multisport Player Draft
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley follow up on or banter about minor league free agent draftee reportedly Matt Shoemaker departing for the NPB, raising kids to root for one franchise, precedents for out-of-nowhere sports video game cover models, players nominated by listeners for the nickname “Three-and-Two,” the possible effects of MLB suspending drug testing during […]...2022See more Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 1715: It’s Academic
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about passing the halfway point of the regular season, the early effects of the sticky-stuff crackdown, a historically high-scoring day, the white-hot Brewers (and Willy Adames) and the red-hot Nationals (and Kyle Schwarber), a Germán Márquez gem, and a study on how kids become fans that helps explain how […]...2021Read about Meg Rowley
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• Derek Jeter vs. Orioles: Highlights, Twitter Reaction from Star's Last Home Game
2014Continue with Derek Jeter
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• Can MLB's Best Rotations Stop Donaldson-Bautista-Encarnacion Power Trio?
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• St. Louis Cardinals Boast 1 of History's Best Pitching Staffs
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• Astros Certainly Can Continue to Live by the Home Run in the Postseason
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• Orioles vs. Royals: Game 4 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2014 MLB Playoffs
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• Royals' Under-the-Radar Offense Outshining Star-Studded Blue Jays
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
2016Continue with Cole Hamels
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• Why the Kansas City Royals Could Repeat as American League Champions
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Ben Lindbergh fantasy rankings and news
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2322: Rose-Colored Glasses
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• Andrew Miller Has Become the Mariano Rivera of New Postseason Age
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
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• MLB Rumors: Latest Trade Buzz on Chris Archer, Andrew Cashner and More
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• Dallas Keuchel Is the AL Cy Young Award Front-Runner so Far This Season
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• Can Micah Johnson Defy The Odds?
The allure of a roadrunner, a true game-changer with blazing speed and monster stolen base upside at the top of a batting order, captivates the imagination of fantasy owners every offseason. Sadly, it seems like every time we invest in the top speedsters in the minor leagues, they fail to live up to the hype and leave us feeling like Wile E. Coyote after his latest purchase from the Acme Corporati...2015See more articles Dee Gordon
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• Yu Darvish Injury Should Speed Up Power Phenom Joey Gallo's MLB Path
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Ben Lindbergh schedule, game
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2371: Why No No-Nos?
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2368: F Everything, We’re Doing Five Taters
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about John Brebbia’s return to the big leagues, Kyle Schwarber’s four-homer game, the potential for a position-player-pitcher-assisted five-homer game, Heliot Ramos and dingers on extremely slow pitches, an interminable inning, whether the playoff race is over and, if so, whether that’s an indictment of the 12-team format, and the […]...2025See more articles Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2366: The Post-Toss Toss
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the early start to the 2026 regular season and MLB’s schedule in a warming world, tossing snacks after tossing a bat, this year’s potential trio of 50-homer hitters (including a Cal Raleigh update), the virtues of players who have high floors (with check-ins on Bobby Witt Jr. and […]...2025Visit the page Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2365: MVP? Wait and See
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2362: Poob Has Baseball for You
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2361: The Fleeting Tie
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the bounceback season of Trevor Rogers, the NL Cy Young race, career achievement awards, observations from a Shohei Ohtani start, the NL West race, and the significance of the Pohlads’ decision not to sell the Twins. Then (42:36) they answer listener emails about check-swing appeals, how the changing […]...2025See more Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2360: Generous Tipper
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a few of this year’s WAR leaders dropping off their previous paces, Dave Roberts’ critiques of Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers’ playoff pitching, Clayton Kershaw vs. Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander’s self-deception, the early hot streaks of Luke Keaschall and Warming Bernabel, Carlos Correa returning to form as an Astro, […]...2025Click for news about Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2355: Touch of Gray
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how the expanded playoffs may suppress trade activity and, prompted by the passing of Ryne Sandberg, the factors that can make a player punch above their weight from a popularity perspective. Then (31:47) they answer listener emails about triples hitting, Bryce Harper vs. José Ramírez, the effect of […]...2025Check it out Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2339: The Big Thumper
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Richard Lovelady’s qualified embrace of the nickname “Dicky,” the return of players named “Otto” to the major leagues, Denzel Clarke’s increasingly extreme offense-defense divide, Cal Raleigh’s records (and MVP) pursuit, Bryan Woo as Seattle’s starting stalwart, the underrated Eugenio Suárez, Byron BuxtonR...2025See also Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2338: Tommy Can You Shear Me?
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Tommy Kahnle’s postgame shaving ritual, Hunter Bigge’s close call and danger from foul balls, Padres vs. Dodgers as baseball’s best rivalry, and a lost opportunity for a Tarik Skubal vs. Paul Skenes matchup, then (58:23) answer listener emails about the most influential owner of the century, the definition […]...2025Click for news about Meg Rowley
Ben Lindbergh rumors, scandals
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2354: Nothin’ But News
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• Outside The Confines: Giant steps
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2300: Our Favorite Offseason Transactions
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mookie Betts’s unwanted weight loss, new Statcast data on batter positioning, and whether hitters should generally move back in the box, then recap Cal Raleigh’s extension and a smattering of other buzzer-beating transactions before discussing (35:46) some of their favorite moves of the offseason. Then (1:10:31) they talk […]...2025See more articles Meg Rowley scandal
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2292: Season Preview Series: Braves and Marlins
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a fresh wave of “breakout candidate” crimes, Jerry Dipoto’s latest Meg-maddening comments, the rise of the “kick change,” how ball/strike calls differ from other boundary calls, Barry Bonds’s comments about Shohei Ohtani, and more. Then they preview the 2025 Atlanta Braves (50:56) with 92.9 The Game’s Grant McAuley, [...2025Check it out Meg Rowley scandals
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2141: What Did Sho Know?
In an in-depth discussion that became a bonus episode, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley explore the state of the sports-betting scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, breaking down the stakes, the most pressing sources of uncertainty, and the many possible outcomes and consequences. Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio&...2024Continue with Meg Rowley scandal
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• Outside The Confines: We have a problemMark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A major gambling scandal breaks out with Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter. A recap of the Seoul Series. A revolt in the MLBPA. And other news from MLB. I’m going to assume that you’ve already heard about the gambling scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. I’m going to try to give you some links that will allow you to do some furth...2024Continue with Shohei Ohtani scandal -
• Effectively Wild Episode 2140: Don’t Bet on It
After a brief preamble about the betting scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the first game of the regular season, whether gloves have gotten more permeable, the odds of a DH-only Ohtani MVP season, Ohtani’s lucrative endorsements, whether the addition of in-app gambling info to NBA […]...2024Read about Shohei Ohtani
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• Effectively Wild Episode 1826: Last Call for Free Agency
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Reddit description of the podcast, the pleasures of watching spring training games, and the possibly excessive coffee consumption of White Sox DH Gavin Sheets, before discussing the last burst of big free-agent signings, including Carlos Correa’s shocking contract with the Twins, Trevor Story to the Red Sox, […]...2022Click for news about Meg Rowley buzz
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• Effectively Wild Episode 1807: The Principle of the Thing
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the latest lockout stalemate and how to decide where to lay blame, a changing of the umpirial guard in which Joe West (finally) leaves and John Libka enters, and whether there could be an MLB equivalent of the NFL’s current tanking scandal, then answer listener emails about watching […]...2022Click for news about Meg Rowley gossip
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• Quick Hits: Analytics, Reds, Phillies, Sano
Now that the Cardinals/Astros data breach scandal has seemingly come to an end, The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh contacted several sources in various organizational jobs around baseball to ask how various teams protect their proprietary data and intellectual property. This extends not just to hacking and other illegal accessing of a team’s information, but also what…...2017
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