Effectively Wild Episode 2168: The National (TV) Pastime

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the end of the Orioles’ sweep-less streak, Oneil Cruz’s mismatch between top-tier tools and pedestrian production, the Phillies’ strength of schedule, Steven Okert and the etiquette of tipping one’s bullpen-cart driver, Kyle Hendricks and the decline of the 2016 Cubs’ core, and some Shohei Ohtani real-estate news. Then (47:14) they talk to The Athletic senior writer Evan Drellich about Rob Manfred’s press conference on Thursday, the uncertainty surrounding MLB’s broadcast/streaming future, the possibility (and potential ramifications) of nationalizing the sport’s media rights, a private-equity takeover of the minor leagues, and more, plus (1:27:57) several postscript follow-ups. Audio intro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2” Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to O’s sweep story Link to team records during streak Link to Cruz tweet 1 Link to Cruz tweet 2 Link to Cruz tweet 3 Link to Cruz’s Savant page Link to ESPN SoS Link to Defector on SoS Link to FG projected SoS Link to Okert article 1 Link to Okert article 2 Link to MLBTR on Hendricks Link to 2016 team batting age Link to 2016 team pitching age Link to Paine on the Cubs Link to Russell article 1 Link to Russell article 2 Link to L.A. Ohtani house Link to L.A. house 2 Link to Hawaii Ohtani house Link to Hawaii house 2 Link to Evan on Manfred comments Link to sickos meme Link to Evan on national TV Link to broadcast/streaming split Link to article on churn Link to Evan on Diamond Sports Link to Evan on the other Diamond Link to Steinbrenner comments Link to Sheehan on Steinbrenner Link to Winning Fixes Everything Link to Manfred on framing Link to first Ballers win Link to EW Ballers episode Link to GF w/o save leaders Link to Ben on mid-PA changes Link to Shildt game Link to MLBTR on Baumann trade Link to WDJDD song Link to Phiten tweet 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