Effectively Wild Episode 2002: East Coast MLBias

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about players being paid for on-field, in-game interviews, pitcher injuries and pitcher call-ups, how low Oakland’s attendance could go (and whether the team might bungle its move to Las Vegas), the NL West race, the AL East’s strength compared to the AL Central’s, which team invented the in-dugout home run ritual, whether the Angels should sign Gary Sánchez, Bryce Harper’s return, the Marlins’ record in one-run games, Colin Holderman and nominative determinism, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:18:13) from 2002. Audio intro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to report about player payments Link to Emma on in-game interviews Link to Ben on in-game interviews Link to article on Rockies trying Link to FG’s prospect rankings Link to Millers game Link to lowest 2023 attendance Link to lowest 2022 attendance Link to lowest 1990-2019 attendance Link to ’97 White Sox game story Link to Passan’s A’s tweet Link to 2014 Dodgers bubbles story Link to 2013 A’s tunnel story Link to 2023 HR celebrations Link to Twins HR celebration Link to Sam on WS dogpiles Link to Sam on walk-off celebrations Link to Mariners trident story Link to article on AL East strength Link to depth charts standings Link to playoff odds Link to Jay Jaffe on the Yankees Link to Yankees IL tweet Link to combined WAR leaderboard Link to MLBTR on Sánchez Link to catcher depth charts Link to Sánchez’s Savant page Link to article on Sánchez’s defense Link to Angels coaches tweet Link to Ben C. on Harper Link to BaseRuns records Link to Holderman’s game log Link to 2002 Past Blast source Link to 2002 source, cont’d. 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