Effectively Wild Episode 2028: Baseball Band

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about All-Star-roster minimums and maximums, what the Aroldis Chapman trade tells us about the how teams value prospects, Jake Diekman’s exploits with the Rays, Evan Longoria’s late-career contributions, and the same-named siblings of Carlos Pérez, Carlos Pérez, Wilmer Flores, Wilmer Flores, Wander Franco, Wander Franco, and Wander Franco. Then (45:59) they talk to Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon of The Baseball Project about the band’s origins and longevity, its new album, the inspiration for its songs, its songwriting and recording process, its historical accuracy, ensuring that multiple eras are represented, being musical super-utility players, the band’s audience and place in its members’ musical careers, the musicians they’d want to recruit, and more, plus a Future Blast (1:35:36) from 2028. Audio intro: The Baseball Project, “New Oh in Town” Audio interstitial: The Baseball Project, “The All or Nothings” Audio outro: The Baseball Project, “Screwball” Link to All-Star rosters Link to All-Star-selection fun facts Link to Jay Jaffe on the Chapman trade Link to Sheehan on the Chapman trade Link to Meg on Chapman in 2015 Link to FG’s 2016 Chapman breakdown Link to Diekman projection episode Link to Ben on Longoria in 2015 Link to 2021-23 3B offense leaderboard Link to Octavio Hernández Pernía Link to FG name-linker pop-up Link to story on Flores brothers Link to Franco family photo Link to Franco profile Link to other Franco profile Link to story on Pérez brothers Link to Foreman quote Link to stream Grand Salami Time! Link to buy Grand Salami Time! Link to The Baseball Project website Link to upcoming tour dates Link to Steve Wynn’s website Link to Spin musician baseball preview Link to The Dream Syndicate reissue Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to Ellis LSD no-no video Link to Emma B. on Ohtani’s June Link to Dan S. on Ohtani projections  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