Effectively Wild Episode 1987: The 2023 Preseason Predictions Game

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs authors Michael Baumann and Ben Clemens play “SEC Baseball Player vs. Figure Involved in the Lincoln Assassination,” banter about two umpire faux pas (3:45) and MLB’s tweaks to replay reviewing (9:45), and then (17:32) each make 10 predictions about baseball in 2023 to be voted on by listeners, followed (1:40:16) by two Past Blasts from 1987. Audio intro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Baseball Project, “All Future and No Past” Link to listener voting form Link to Realmuto ejection Link to AP on Realmuto Link to Romo outing Link to Stark on replay reviews Link to story on Zoom replay reviews Link to Dave Cameron on slide reviews Link to Cameron on transfers Link to Vogelbach/Showalter spot Link to Clay Davenport on SBs Link to FanGraphs playoff odds Link to “Gay Bar”by Electric Six Link to Rob Arthur on bat cracks Link to Rob on bat cracks again Link to MLBTR on Giménez’s extension Link to 2022 Rockies deadline story Link to Acuña 50-50 story Link to Stark on the pie slice Link to Bloomberg on match-fixing Link to more on match-fixing Link to snooker match-fixing story Link to tennis match-fixing story Link to Past Blast piece on brawls Link to Pont Past Blast source Link to more on Pont Link to Pont’s wiki Link to Pont’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Chris Hanel’s Twitter Link to Chris Hanel’s website Another link to listener voting form  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