Effectively Wild Episode 1790: The Fandom Menace

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their holidays, how the omicron variant is affecting sports and personal decisions, and how analyzing COVID case counts is (kind of) akin to analyzing baseball stats, discuss the pace and prominence of signings of former major leaguers by KBO and NPB teams, the results of 2021 interleague play, and Shohei Ohtani’s showing in a New York Times quiz about notable people from this year, and answer listener emails about minor league signings during the lockout, Ohtani’s Hall of Fame chances, redrafting Derek Jeter or Ichiro Suzuki, and an evolving Hall of Fame, plus a Stat Blast (1:22:30) about how long it took for every player from given MLB games to leave the league for good. Audio intro: Vince Guaraldi, “The Great Pumpkin Waltz” Audio outro: John Williams, “Duel of the Fates” Link to Will Leitch on omicron and sports Link to thread on omicron and boosters Link to story on the week after Christmas Link to MLBTR’s KBO posts Link to MLBTR’s NPB posts Link to Phantom Menace duel video Link to Tom Tango’s league quality post Link to year-by-year interleague records Link to Russell Carleton on interleague records Link to Rob Mains on interleague records Link to Rob on NL DHs in 2022 Link to 2016 interleague roundtable podcast Link to NYT notable people quiz Link to Ohtani’s AP award Link to story on Astros drafting Jeter Link to Ichiro’s high school hitting appearance Link to Ichiro’s high school pitching appearance Link to Stat Blast inspiration thread Link to 2014 Stat Blast game Link to 2013 Stat Blast game Link to 1945 Stat Blast game Link to 1906 Stat Blast game Link to 2009 Stat Blast game Link to Drake LaRoche retrospective Link to 2006 Stat Blast game Link to 1949 Stat Blast game Link to stream Stove League via Viki  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