Effectively Wild Episode 1982: Season Preview Series: Mets and Athletics

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the WBC’s TV ratings in Japan and (8:56) possible consequences of MLB’s RSN shake-up, then continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the New York Mets (21:08) with Deesha Thosar of Fox Sports, and the Oakland Athletics (1:00:11) with Matt Kawahara of The SF Chronicle, plus a Past Blast from 1982 (1:39:53) and trivia answers (1:52:11). 2023 EW Season Preview Series ALBALCHWATHBOSCLEHOUNYYDETLAATBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG .intro-team, .intro-team td { font-family: lato, Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .intro-team .intro-header { /*display: none;*/ text-align: center; } .team-lg { text-align: center; width: 100%; } /* [class^="team-box-"] > div { display: inline-block; width: 48%; } [class^="team-box-"] > div table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; } [class^="team-box-"] > div td { background-color: #efefef; border: 1px solid #ccc; line-height: 2; text-align: center; cursor: default; } [class^="team-box-"] > div a { color: #000; text-decoration: none; display: block; width: 100% } [class^="team-box-"] > div a:hover { color: #50ae26; } [class^="team-box-"] > div a.link-inactive { color: #aaa; } */ Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial 1: The Beets, “Watching Television” Audio interstitial 2: Goodbye Kumiko, “Oakland” Audio outro: Superare, “Sunglasses” Link to Tokyo water pressure story Link to report about WBC ratings Link to Twitter thread about ratings Link to Super Bowl ratings Link to highest WS ratings Link to MLB WBC press release Link to co-exclusive partner banter Link to Sheehan’s newsletter Link to MLBTR on Diamond Link to Premier League history Link to teams’ local revenue Link to FanGraphs playoff odds Link to FG payroll breakdown Link to Mets offseason tracker Link to Mets depth chart Link to Deesha on Díaz Link to Jay Jaffe on Díaz Link to Mets trumpet taps video Link to Deesha on Álvarez and Baty Link to Deesha on the farm system Link to Deesha’s author archive Link to Athletics offseason tracker Link to Athletics depth chart Link to Nimmo video Link to Nimmo article Link to West Wing scene Link to Eck’s Pirates comments Link to Vogt hiring story Link to Matt on CF Link to story on Pache in LF Link to Dan Moore on the A’s park Link to Matt’s spring hitting preview Link to Matt’s spring pitching preview Link to Matt’s author archive Link to 1982 article source Link to Opti-Web glove Link to BP on Mizuno Link to article on baseball sunglasses Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter  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