Effectively Wild Episode 2101: Eating Crow

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether MLB should implement an NHL-esque holiday transaction freeze, then (5:53) answer listener emails about Bryce Harper, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, and tampering, abandoning the Angels, what to do after visiting every MLB and MiLB ballpark, when the last-place finishers of 2023 will be 90-win true-talent teams, “prep” prospects, valuing a player with a knack for inspirational speeches, and applying a college-football-style playoff-selection process to MLB, followed by Stat Blasts (1:12:29) about Bobo Newsom and the most inveterate team-changers, a 13-year-old Ben’s all-time Yankees lineup, and whether the balanced schedule contributed to 2023’s MLB attendance boost. Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to tweet about transaction freeze Link to Harper/Trout tampering Link to Major League Rules Link to Ortiz tampering Link to Judge/Machado tampering Link to FG on legalizing tampering Link to Harper/Stanton tweets Link to EW Episode 1053 Link to EW on abandoning the A’s Link to Negro Leagues parks Link to EW Episode 419 Link to BaseRuns records Link to You’re Wrong About pod Link to Decoder Ring pod Link to Heyward speech info Link to Ohtani speech info Link to CFB selection explainer Link to Florida State snub explainer Link to listener emails database Link to EW Episode 1780 Link to Bobo SABR bio Link to Bobo book bio Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to team-changing leaderboard Link to 2009 study on turnover rates Link to Ben on turnover rates Link to Ben’s pottery plaque Link to Yankees 1B WAR leaders Link to Yankees 2B WAR leaders Link to Yankees SS WAR leaders Link to Yankees 3B WAR leaders Link to Yankees C WAR leaders Link to Yankees LF WAR leaders Link to Yankees CF WAR leaders Link to Yankees RF WAR leaders Link to Yankees P WAR leaders Link to Crosetti SABR bio Link to Meusel SABR bio Link to Mary Miner obit Link to July attendance convo Link to attendance data Link to Chris Hanel tweets  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