Effectively Wild Episode 2110: Rooker of the Year

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s unlikely recovery in the contracts over/under draft, the Cubs signing Shota Imanaga, the trailblazing Rachel Balkovec moving from the dugout to the Marlins’ front office, and (18:37) whether the new horror film Night Swim is a baseball movie. Then (35:53) they talk to Oakland A’s All-Star Brent Rooker about breakfast foods, a potential new nickname, Night Swim, embracing advanced stats, player perceptions of luck, looking at his exit velo instead of his batted balls, whether he had help in homering off of Shohei Ohtani, underrated teammates, his breakouts in college and the majors, shedding the “Quadruple-A” label, DH penalties, being funny and informative on Twitter, fans complaining about losing bets, self-deprecating athletes, unusual meals, recalling pitch sequences, crossword puzzles, kids’ movies, and more. Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to over/under draft results Link to MLBTR on Imanaga Link to Baumann on Imanaga Link to Longenhagen on Imanaga Link to FG FA Top 50 Link to Ben on festival posters Link to MLB.com on Balkovec Link to article on Goodrum Link to story on female ump Link to Baseball: The Movie Link to Surrey on Night Swim Link to Polygon on Night Swim Link to Night Swim Reddit post Link to May’s insurance video Link to Night Swim trailer Link to Rooker’s Twitter Link to Rooker’s breakfast thread Link to Rooker breakfast interview Link to Skalka menu Link to khachapuri wiki Link to “Country Breakfast” story Link to Rooker and Zach Bryan Link to homer off of Ohtani Link to Renfroe assist comment Link to DH penalty research Link to Defector on 2020 debuts Link to “random at-bats” tweet Link to the random at-bat Link to Rooker’s single Link to favorite metrics tweet Link to sweepers tweet 1 Link to sweepers tweet 2 Link to velo vs. location tweet Link to dad tweet Link to parlay-complaint tweet Link to thread on data Link to TTO% leaderboard Link to May on Fisher Link to Gauci hiring story Link to Gauci EW episode Link to vertical baseball details Link to Interstellar clip  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