The 3 Best Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast Episodes
1) Effectively Wild Episode 1502: Running Interference
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about walk-off balks, a Zack Greinke oral history, and how teams will use the new 26th roster spot, break down the responses to a Jayson Stark survey of baseball in...Show More
2) Effectively Wild Episode 1543: The Best Baseball Spectator Experiences
Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and Meg Rowley banter about MLB’s proposed in-game distancing measures and what degree of difference from the norm would prevent the game from still looking like baseball, t...Show More
3) Effectively Wild Episode 1515: The Waiting Game
Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about life during self-isolation and delayed media consumption and explore some of the long-considered and ultimately rejected article ideas in Sam’s tickler file, ...Show More
4) Effectively Wild Episode 2380: Clinching Chaos
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mariners clinching the AL West, the benefits and drawbacks of MVP debates, the power of great players to enhance a season for spectators, the Cardinals’ a...Show More
5) Effectively Wild Episode 2379: October Came Early
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the delights of the last week of the regular season, the Dodgers’ bullpen problems, and what kind of compromise the challenge system is, then (43:09) answer l...Show More
6) Effectively Wild Episode 2378: MLB’s Big Finish
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the standings and stakes of an unexpectedly wild last week of the regular season, whether there’s such as a thing as a playoff team that can’t make a deep run...Show More
7) Effectively Wild Episode 2377: 25-25 in 2025
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about 2025’s record number of 25-25 players and whether the current power/speed version of the sport is rendered any less impressive by its recent rule-change origi...Show More
8) Effectively Wild Episode 2376: No Spoilers
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the state of the wild cards and whether the pennant races have been more exciting than forecasted despite the lack of actual changes in the playoff field, Cal...Show More
9) Effectively Wild Episode 2375: Presented in 4K
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s reaction to the Mariners moving into first place in the AL West (at least temporarily), Jac Caglianone and the Royals’ woeful corner-outfield offense, w...Show More
10) Effectively Wild Episode 2374: The Death of Exsportise
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the deepening twilight of Mike Trout, then (21:19) discuss why the so-called “death of expertise” sweeping society hasn’t swept sports in the same way, before...Show More