Effectively Wild Episode 2161: The State of Stadium Funding

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Riley Greene’s latest pants-related wardrobe malfunction, the Padres-Marlins Luis Arraez trade, the continued scuffling of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., a C.B. Bucknor bit, and more. Then (52:30) they’re joined by Neil deMause, author of Field of Schemes, and J.C. Bradbury, author, stadium-funding researcher, and professor of economics, finance, and quantitative analysis at Kennesaw State University, to discuss the latest wave of attempts by teams to obtain public funding for ballpark projects and whether the public is belatedly pushing back, plus a follow-up postscript (1:28:29) Audio intro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)” Link to first Greene pants tear Link to latest pants tear Link to Greene’s mom’s quote Link to uniforms press release Link to Other Ben on Arraez trade Link to DotF on the trade Link to Rosenthal on the trade Link to KLaw on the trade Link to pulled prospect story Link to Bendix on the trade Link to Ben on Arraez Link to Bucknor call/story Link to EW on ump decisions Link to Stroman and strikes story Link to Manfred comments Link to Neil’s first appearance Link to Neil on Manfred’s comments Link to Field of Schemes blog Link to Field of Schemes book Link to J.C.’s professor page Link to J.C.’s social channels Link to J.C.’s books Link to J.C.’s research Link to ProPublica story Link to Guardians team shop story Link to EW Episode 2160 Link to Ben’s House of R appearance Link to Button Mash episodes Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form  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