Effectively Wild Episode 2111: Insider Fading

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and listener Michael Mountain banter about Michael’s proposal for Effectively Wild listener ballpark meetups during the 2024 MLB season, followed by (7:24) Michael’s guest Stat Blasts about the best non-award-winning players, his all-time player tiers, and Hall of Famers (and HoF candidates) who excelled or flopped at leading their leagues at their respective positions. Then (36:17) Ben and Meg talk to Brian Moritz about his prediction/warning that a major sports-betting journalism scandal could be coming. Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to listener-meetup form Link to Michael on Episode 1263 Link to undecorated players sheet Link to EW Episode 964 Link to Bill James proposal Link to reworked tiers Link to league leaders sheet Link to Hall of Stats shutdown Link to Eight Men Out wiki Link to Brian’s Nieman Lab piece Link to Brian’s 2022 piece Link to Brian at St. Bonaventure Link to Sports Media Guy Link to WSJ on journalist inside info Link to story on BBWAA rules Link to story on ESPN rules Link to story on Chams Link to newsroom betting policies Link to tweet about Curb betting Link to “fading” definition Link to MLBTR on Stroman Link to over/under draft results Link to Ben on arbitration Link to Stat Blast song cover Link to all Stat Blast covers  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