Effectively Wild Episode 2010: Dead Bird Bounce

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Yordan Alvarez kissing Martín Maldonado, Will Brennan’s birdslaughter (12:33), the Guardians’ slow start (23:12), Madison Bumgarner’s reported reluctance to alter his pitching approach (32:49), Mike Trout passing Ken Griffey Jr. in career Baseball-Reference WAR (45:56), whether the A’s will end up historically bad or rebound to being merely abysmal (1:03:38), the firing of A’s broadcaster Glen Kuiper (1:21:17), and the Dodgers’ Pride Night debacle (1:40:34), plus a Past Blast from 2010 (1:48:05). Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Yordan kiss image Link to Yordan kiss video Link to Pudge kiss image Link to Brennan bird video Link to other Brennan bird clip Link to Brennan tweet Link to baby pigeons info Link to Gomes story Link to playoff odds changes Link to Buchanan on Bumgarner Link to Mason Saunders story Link to Trout/Griffey thread Link to B-Ref career WAR leaders Link to Dan S. on the A’s Link to Tango on the A’s Link to Sheehan on the A’s Link to tremendous content meme Link to Kuiper firing story Link to other Kuiper story Link to 2023 Kuiper clip Link to 2020 Kuiper clip Link to first Kuiper apology Link to Braden explanation Link to Pride Night story Link to 2010 Past Blast source Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Mets lasagna story Link to Brennan’s bird gesture Link to Brennan press conference Link to A’s stadium update  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