Effectively Wild Episode 1999: Meet a Maggi Leaguer

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Drew Maggi’s major league debut and whether there should be a way for other journeyman minor leaguers to make the majors more easily, the story of short-lived Mariners mascot Spacey the Space Needle, the causes of a dramatic uptick in occurrences of catcher’s interference, Shohei Ohtani’s anti-pitch-tipping prowess, Jordan Walker’s demotion to the minors, the slow starts of the Cardinals and White Sox, and more, plus (1:17:03) a Past Blast from 1999 and a question about celebrities on major league rosters. Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to video of Maggi’s debut Link to article about Maggi’s debut Link to Reddit post about Spacey Link to 1990 Spacey article Link to other 1990 Spacey article Link to 1999 Spacey article Link to video of stilts pitching Link to video of stilts hitting Link to Ben on pitcher roster limits Link to Jay Jaffe on Ray Link to interference spreadsheet Link to CI at B-Ref Link to CI rule info Link to Jeff on CI in 2017 Link to Jeff on Ellsbury Link to Emma on Senzel Link to reach-on-error article Link to Ben on one-knee framing Link to knee-down catching info Link to Grandal on CI Link to Grandal on CI again Link to Jake & Jordan on CI Link to 2022 2-CI inning Link to 2023 2-CI inning Link to pitch-tipping post Link to Suarez tweet Link to other Suarez tweet Link to 2019 Suarez article Link to Walker pitch types Link to article on Walker demotion Link to other Walker article Link to FG on the Cardinals OF Link to playoff odds changes Link to 1998 Past Blast source Link to Past Blast source, cont’d. Link to AP piece on Brooks Link to B-Ref Bullpen on Brooks Link to Sam on baseball embarrassment 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