Effectively Wild Episode 2154: Sliding Doors and Sliding Home

Amid a wave of pitcher injuries, Ben Lindbergh talks to Dr. Rich Nye (4:20), a former major leaguer whose career-ending injury became a career-beginning injury when he decided to become an exotic-animal veterinarian (among other occupations). Then (1:07:09) Ben talks to prolific TV creators/writers/producers Tom Fontana and Julie Martin about what might have been for Baseball Wives, a long-lost HBO baseball drama that was canceled after its pilot episode was produced in 2002. Lastly (1:43:25), Ben brings on Frequent Stat Blast Correspondent Ryan Nelson to deliver eight Stat Blasts, plus (2:23:13) follow-ups. Audio intro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to MLB.com on Freeland Link to Freeland on EW Link to Rockies airline story Link to Meulens video Link to The Athletic on McKenzie Link to MLBTR on Stephenson Link to MLBTR on Hurt Link to MLBTR on Tiedemann Link to The Athletic on Suárez Link to 1969 Cubs-Giants broadcast Link to Nye’s SABR bio Link to 1967 rookie pitcher WAR Link to Nye’s vet bio Link to Nye wiki Link to Nye’s debut game Link to Nye’s 1970 game Link to 1976 Nye Tribune article Link to Seinfeld squirrel clip Link to Nye’s woodturning site Link to Kessinger on EW Link to Hands on EW Link to Ben’s Olerud interview Link to The Wire Triandos clips Link to SatC Yankee Stadium clip Link to Ben on media exclusivity Link to 2002 HBO AP article Link to Race for the Pennant promo Link to Fontana on IMDb Link to Martin on IMDb Link to Fontana WaPo profile Link to Fontana Buffalo archive Link to Baseball Wives wiki Link to Baseball Wives article 1 Link to Baseball Wives article 2 Link to Baseball Wives article 3 Link to Baseball Wives article 4 Link to Baseball Wives article 5 Link to more info on Baseball Wives Link to 2011 Baseball Wives Link to Footballers’ Wives Link to Ben on unaired pilots Link to Stat Blast song cover Link to Ryan’s previous appearance Link to Stat Blast wiki Link to article on Day no-no Link to HoF on Feller no-no Link to team BA spreadsheet Link to lineup names sheet Link to outs on bases sheet Link to SABR on Tippy’s pickoffs Link to Tippy pickoffs video Link to lefty-starters sheet Link to Russell on SP order Link to Rockies lefties record Link to “Darvishes” spreadsheet Link to first BF screenshot Link to first BF spreadsheet Link to games played spreadsheet Link to Calcaterra quote Link to McCutchen steal Link to Craig Wright on stealing home Link to stealing home sheet Link to listener emails database Link to Bellinger on Boras Link to Boras facility brag Link to Sterling HR call ranking Link to Yakkertech tweet Link to Neil Paine on the White Sox 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