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• Effectively Wild Episode 2344: Shutout ShoutoutsBen Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Paul Skenes’s new interest, Clayton Kershaw and the evolution of 3,000-strikeout celebrations, and the deepening deadball era in Japan. After that (24:37), frequent Stat Blast Correspondent Ryan Nelson joins to discuss why there have been so many team shutouts this season and then deliver several Stat Blasts, followed […]...2025See more articles Meg Rowley breaking news today -
• Effectively Wild Episode 2343: Say it Ain’t Low, LuisBen 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 […]...2025Visit the page Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2342: The Extension ExtensionBen Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the return of Richard Lovelady, the MLB season debut of knuckleballer Matt Waldron, the superlative Zack Wheeler, how other knuckleballers in baseball are faring, Rich Hill’s wait for a call-up, Shohei Ohtani vs. Vinnie Pasquantino, Jacob Misiorowski and the leaguewide rise in pitcher extension, James Wood’s four intentional […]...2025See more Meg Rowley breaking news
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2341: The Second Half Has StartedBen Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Kutter Crawford’s mysterious wrist accident, then discuss Wander Franco’s conviction (14:58) and Walker Monfort’s promotion (19:57) before checking in (33:36) on the players and teams on pace to overperform or underperform their preseason projections the most at the precise halfway point of the season. Finally (1:12:44), they answer [R...2025See more articles Meg Rowley rumors
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2340: Kick Me Out of the Ball GameBen 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 […]...2025Click for news about Meg Rowley breaking news today
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2339: The Big ThumperBen 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 rumors
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Ben Lindbergh injury and suspension
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2343: Say it Ain’t Low, Luis
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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 […]...2025See more Meg Rowley injuries
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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...2025See more Meg Rowley injury update
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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 ...2025Read about Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2325: MLB’s New Main Characters
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Rich Hill’s latest perfect game bid, whether the Tigers are as good as they’ve looked, Jared Jones’ elbow surgery and the Pirates’ offensive outage, Paul Skenes and whether lower arm slots will protect pitchers’ arms, Pete Crow-Armstrong and the players who’ve ascended to “main character” status this season, ...2025Check it out Meg Rowley injury update
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2317: Wake Up Babe (Ruth)
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout’s latest injury, Pete Alonso’s renaissance, a Daulton Varsho recovery catch, Andrés Muñoz the cat guy, and the called strike zone (sort of) shrinking. Then (40:49) they bring on top-tier Patreon supporter Carson Otter to talk about his background with baseball and the podcast, share his baseball-related […]...2025Read about Babe Ruth availability report
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2312: A Return to Current Events
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about EW’s Ella Black series and catch up on topics they missed during the week away from regular episodes, including: some struggling teams (including the Orioles and Braves), Cal Raleigh’s (and David Rubenstein’s) bobbleheads, an Atlanta kerfuffle involving Brian Snitker, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Jarred Kelenic, recent pitcher injuries, […...2025Click for news about Meg Rowley injury report
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2307: The Best Worst Game
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s big bonus, Edmundo Sosa’s beginner’s home run robbery, how much of a difference depth makes, and the relative levels of alarm about the shoulder injuries of Reynaldo López, Victor Robles, and Blake Snell. Then (49:14) they talk to MLB.com’s Michael Clair about what it was […]...2025Visit the page Meg Rowley injury
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2304: You Say Suspension, I Say Extension
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about several oddities of the early season, including pitcher Ryne Nelson’s single and a drone encounter with an A’s bat boy, then discuss Jurickson Profar’s PED suspension, Garrett Crochet’s extension, and Jonathan Lucroy‘s reaction to Roki Sasaki’s apparent post-start tears, before bantering about whether full ABS would enco...2025See also Meg Rowley injury update
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2299: The Email Anatomy
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s positional power rankings progress and discuss why MLB is “evaluating” its Diversity Pipeline Program, then for the first time in a while answer listener emails (15:35) about how baseball would be different if swinging hard caused more serious injuries, a high-elevation league/division, inter-game penalties for frivolous end-of-game...2025Continue with Meg Rowley injuries
Ben Lindbergh lifestyle
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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, [...2025See more 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 […]...2025Read about Red Sox
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• 1 Year Later, Pro Baseball's 1st Openly Gay Player Still Leads by Example
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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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• 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 ...2025Read about Rafael Devers contract 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...2025See more articles Michael Massey contract 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 salary rumors
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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 […]...2025Check it out Meg Rowley salary
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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, […]...2025Read about Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2270: Trouble With the Curved Bat
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a new escalation in “breakout” creep, the Blue Jays signing Jeff Hoffman, risk tolerance in transactions, alternate spellings of names, Roki Sasaki’s effect on the market for international amateur free agents, another example of a team offering a higher salary in arbitration than a player requested, Mets owner […]...2025Continue with Meg Rowley salary
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2269: Baseball Jobs (Bullpen Catcher and Baseball Ops Analyst)
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about salary arbitration, Kyle Tucker, and the unique case of Mike Edwards, then (15:55) kick off a series of interviews about unsung baseball jobs by talking to Rockies bullpen catcher and major league operations assistant (and now, minor league hitting coach) Aaron Muñoz, followed (1:06:09) by former Marlins coordinator […]...2025Click for news about Meg Rowley salary rumors
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2268: The 2025 Minor League Free Agent Draft
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Ben Clemens banter about the Giants signing Justin Verlander, a plateau in leaguewide slider usage, and why spending on free agents has exceeded expectations so far. Then (20:55) they continue a cherished podcast tradition by conducting the 12th annual Effectively Wild Minor League Free Agent Draft, in which they select […]...2025See also Meg Rowley salary rumors
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2265: What We’re Anticipating in 2025
As the halfway point of the offseason approaches, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the relative merits of the first half of the offseason vs. the second half of the offseason, assess the weakest projected positions on contending teams and the best remaining free agents, and list MLB stories they’re looking forward to following. […]...2025Read about Meg Rowley salary
Ben Lindbergh stats and results
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2340: Kick Me Out of the Ball Game
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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
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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 […]...2025Continue with 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 [...2025Click for news about 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, […]...2025Read about Dan Szymborski stats
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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 […]...2025Visit the page Meg Rowley statistics
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2274: All Hall
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley bring on FanGraphs senior writer Jay Jaffe to break down the Hall of Fame voting results, from new honorees to one-and-done candidates to trends in support to forecasts for future ballots and much more. Audio intro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Hill report […]...2025See more Meg Rowley statistics
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2266: Where to Put the Pit Stop
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Patreon supporter Jordan Smith banter about Jordan’s baseball background, the Tigers’ 2025 hopes, the Dodgers signing Hyeseong Kim, and more, then (30:48) answer listener emails about per-game stats, “advanced” stats, televised arbitration cases, an owner playing in games, pit stops on the basepaths, assorted variations on the Golden Batter (a...2025Click for news about Meg Rowley scores
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• The Linc - Eagles’ opponents are getting favorable officiatingPhoto by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 12/29/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Somehow the Eagles opponents commit the LEAST penalties on defense and the SECOND LEAST on offense.The probability that Eagles opponents commit penalties at this rate by random chance is approximately 0.096% or 1 in 1024. Vikings are exac...2024See also Roster Moves statistics
Ben Lindbergh parents, kids, wife / husband, girlfriend / boyfriend
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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 […]...2025Click for news 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 […]...2024Read about 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 […]...2024Click for news about 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...2024Visit the page 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 ...2023Check it out 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 […]...2021See more articles Meg Rowley
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• MLB Megastar Mookie Betts Is Rare Master of All Trades
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• Derek Jeter vs. Orioles: Highlights, Twitter Reaction from Star's Last Home Game
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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
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• Why the Kansas City Royals Could Repeat as American League Champions
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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...2015Click for news about 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 2339: The Big Thumper
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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 […]...2025Continue with Meg Rowley
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• Outside The Confines: Giant steps
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2328: Rogers Tat
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2321: The Seventh-Inning (Dynamic) Stretch
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about an expert’s stance on stretching, whether the White Sox were the funniest team for the new Pope to support, what Paul Skenes signing up for the WBC signifies, an optimistic take on the odds of a lost season, Bud Black’s firing and the dreaded “vote of confidence,” Roki […]...2025Check it out Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2316: Brebbia is the Soul of Wit
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the unexpected power of Meg’s Mariners (and Jorge Polanco, specifically), in contrast to the Rangers’ unexpectedly light-hitting lineup. They also discuss a Jackson Chourio comment about Julio Rodríguez, the long-awaited comeback of Lance McCullers Jr. and the thus-far-deflating comeback of Sandy Alcantara, the literally diminished Mookie Betts...2025Continue with Meg Rowley
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 3, 2025
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2301: Organing Day
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2286: Season Preview Series: Mariners and Reds
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the start of spring training games, the charms of Tigers reliever John Brebbia, whether MLB’s uniform pants were always semi-transparent, and Shohei Ohtani’s parallel parking skills. Then they preview the 2025 Seattle Mariners (27:37) with Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times, and the 2025 Cincinnati Reds (1:12:53) with […]...2025Check it out Meg Rowley
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• Effectively Wild Episode 2281: Season Preview Series: Orioles and Royals
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Dodgers’ overstuffed 2025 bobblehead lineup, Ippei Mizuhara’s sentencing, and the Angels’ tireless pursuit of players who were good several seasons ago. Then they preview the 2025 Baltimore Orioles (35:55) with the Baltimore Banner’s Danielle Allentuck, and the 2025 Kansas City Royals (1:08:21) with the Kansas City Star’s ...2025See more Meg Rowley
Ben Lindbergh rumors, scandals
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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 […]...2025Continue with Meg Rowley whispers
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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, [...2025See more Meg Rowley whispers
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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&...2024Click for news about Meg Rowley whispers
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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...2024Check it out Shohei Ohtani rumors -
• 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 […]...2024See also Shohei Ohtani whispers
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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, […]...2022Read about Meg Rowley scandal
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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 […]...2022Check it out Meg Rowley rumors
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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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• Andrew Miller Has Become the Mariano Rivera of New Postseason Age
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