Effectively Wild Episode 2032: League of Legends

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s spectator experience at the All-Star Game, whether it’s good or bad that the MVP was a player as obscure as Elias Díaz, the increase in the number of All-Stars per season, other All-Star highlights and lowlights, complaints about All-Star uniforms, perennial requests for a skills competition, Rob Manfred’s and Tony Clark’s comments about more lenient pitch clocks in the postseason and the ball-strike challenge system, more details about the Alabama baseball betting scandal, and more, plus a Future Blast from 2032. Then (59:10) they talk to Byron Motley, producer of the new Negro Leagues documentary The League, about the long road to making the movie, the recent increase in appreciation of the Negro Leagues, his father’s life and career as a Negro Leagues umpire, the challenge of finding archival footage of Negro Leagues games, meeting and interviewing former Negro Leagues stars, the Negro Leagues as a microcosm of 20th-century American history, the influence of Rube Foster, the film’s portrayal of Branch Rickey’s role in integration, and the legacy of the Negro Leagues. Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild theme” Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild theme” Link to Ringer ASG recap Link to Díaz dinger Link to Jordan on Díaz Link to number of All-Stars per game Link to Gurriel foul Link to Clark comments Link to Manfred comments Link to info on declining violations Link to Manfred re-election article Link to article on international games Link to Rick Wilber’s website Link to gambling scandal article Link to The League website Link to Byron’s website Link to the Motleys’ book Link to NPR on Bob Motley Link to NPR on The League Link to The Athletic on The League Link to EW episode on Effa Link to Craig Wright on SB differences Link to Wright on Paige’s drawing power Link to Bananas catch Link to EW Episode 1426 Link to Berkman’s career splits Link to Stathead on switch-hitter splits Link to Berkman’s switch-hitting origins Link to 2003 article about Berkman Link to Albies on switch-hitting  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