Effectively Wild Episode 1978: Sam’s Back, on Substack

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley welcome back former co-host Sam Miller to banter about his return to public baseball writing, his current relationship with baseball, and his new Substack, Pebble Hunting. Then (17:10) Ben, Meg, and Sam talk about a 1913 article about unprecedented events at the ballpark, the cliché about seeing something new at every game, the supreme examples of that phenomenon from any point in baseball history, games they attended, and games they paid attention to, and examples they hope to see in 2023. After that (1:18:27), Ben and Meg talk to WBC Central host Shawn Spradling about the biggest storylines of the World Baseball Classic, including the format and schedule, the favorites and dark horses, the surprising players, the challenge of putting on an international baseball tournament, how and when to watch, and more, followed by (1:56:57) a Past Blast from 1978. Audio intro: May Erlewine, “Song for Sam” Audio interstitial: Supergrass, “The Return Of…” Audio outro: Field Medic, “Tournament Horseshoe” Link to Sam’s Substack Link to first Substack story Link to 1913 Phelon article Link to Sam on seeing new things Link to Sam on pitching lines Link to Craig Wright on Caldwell Link to three-pickoff inning Link to Mariners triple play Link to Clemens-Piazza article Link to article on ALDS G2 Link to Ben’s ALDS G2 oral history Link to video of Martin-Choo play Link to EW ALDS G2 draft Link to Dale Scott EW episode Link to Ben on “Strategy” Link to Dario email episode Link to Shawn’s team infographics Link to Shawn’s power rankings graphic Link to Shawn’s power rankings Link to Shawn’s YouTube channel Link to Shawn’s podcast feed Link to Zach Kram’s WBC primer Link to Cliff Corcoran’s WBC primer Link to 1978 Past Blast source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack  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