Effectively Wild Episode 1629: One Hundred Years of Gratitude

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about secret baseball-playing robots and non-secret baseball-rooting robots, how coverage of NFL scoring changes compares to coverage of MLB scoring changes, and Meg’s research about changes in access to minor league games, follow up on the Mets signing James McCann, the Phillies hiring Dave Dombrowski, and the significance of those moves for the Mets, the Phillies, and the free-agent market, and discuss the Cleveland baseball team’s intention to change its name (eventually). Then (1:00:26) they welcome oldest living former big leaguer Eddie Robinson back to the show to discuss his 100th birthday, his new podcast, weathering the pandemic, serving in World War II, his memories of Larry Doby, Whitey Ford, Joe Morgan, Dick Allen, Ned Garver, and Charley Pride, and—with an assist from his wife Bette—the secret to 65 years of marriage. Audio intro: Charley Pride, "A Whole Lotta Things to Sing About" Audio interstitial: Florence + The Machine, "100 Years" Audio outro: Simon & Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson" Link to rooting robots video Link to NFL scoring info Link to Craig Edwards on McCann Link to LeMahieu rumor Link to Rob Arthur on the slow offseason Link to Matt Gelb on Dombrowski Link to Evan Drellich on minor league owners Link to Meg and Ben Clemens on the minor leagues Link to New York Times report about Cleveland Link to Paul Dolan interview Link to Jeff Passan on Cleveland’s name change Link to Joe Posnanski on the old name’s origins Link to Eddie’s podcast Link to first EW interview episode with Eddie Link to EW sign-stealing episode with Eddie Link to EW interview episode with Garver Link to SI on Charley Pride and baseball Link to Eddie and Bette at the 1955 World Series Link to video of Eddie and Bobby Brown Link to MLB.com on Eddie’s 100th birthday Link to BP on Eddie’s 100th birthday Link to Craig Wright on Eddie’s 100th birthday Link to Pages from Baseball’s Past Link to Eddie’s autobiography  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source