Effectively Wild Episode 1963: Was the Greink There?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley issue a sexiness-comment correction and banter about Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s MLB: The Show cover-model credentials, the 2023 Opening Day schedule, more ways in which baseball is and isn’t different from other sports (14:35), Chad Green’s convoluted contract (31:35), and their appreciation of Zack Greinke. Then (43:49) Ben chats with former All-Star Shawn Green about his cameo in 2003 sci-fi film The Core and his dominant stats against fellow The Core cameo-maker Mike Hampton, followed by a conversation (56:55) between Ben and The Athletic features writer Jayson Jenks about Jenks’s three oral histories of Greinke’s career, the best Greinke stories, Greinke’s singular skills, personality, and reputation, Greinke’s future in the game, and more. Finally, Ben and Meg conclude with a Past Blast from 1963 (1:36:31), plus a few follow-ups. Audio intro: Sleater-Kinney, “Male Model” Audio interstitial: Fruit Bats, “My Unusual Friend” Audio outro: TUNS, “Keeping Options Open” Link to Correa tweet Link to fake Jazz tweet Link to Chisholm cover reveal Link to cover athlete analysis Link to Jazz on his cover spot Link to Jazz on last year’s game Link to 2023 schedule announcement Link to fraternization rule video Link to Ben on baseball failure Link to baseball exceptionalism wiki Link to FG post on Green Link to MLBTR on Green Link to Green options flow chart Link to The Core Stat Blast episode Link to The Core wiki Link to story on the real core Link to The Core baseball scene Link to Green vs. Hampton H2H Link to 2004 Green vs. Hampton story Link to lopsided batter-pitcher matchups Link to ’99–’02 top position players Link to Randall Munroe on the shuttle Link to Green vs. pitchers Link to Greinke vs. hitters Link to Green vs. Greinke H2H Link to MLB 2004 wiki Link to Green’s book Link to Jay on Greinke re-signing Link to story on Greinke’s cutter Link to above-average low-K%+ SP Link to 2022 SP by K%+ Link to Posnanski on Greinke Link to first Greinke oral history Link to second Greinke oral history Link to third Greinke oral history Link to fourth Greinke oral history Link to 2019 thread of Greinke stories Link to Greinke calling his own signs Link to Greinke at game in stands Link to list of best-hitting pitchers Link to Jayson’s author archive Link to 1963 story source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to ESPN on the tennis exhibition Link to “Battle of Surfaces” video Link to tennis serve clock story Link to 2022 RP WAR leaders Link to John Adams obit Link to Adams Guardians induction Link to Hilda Award Link to Baseball Reliquary episode Link to turf definition Link to artificial turf wiki Link to “Was the Grink There?” tweet  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source