Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary
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Jun 24, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 477: When Does a GM Deserve to Be Fired?
Ben and Sam banter about the Nationals, then discuss where the Padres went wrong and whether Josh Byrnes deserved his dismissal.
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Jun 23, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 476: How Far Should MLB Go to Protect Players?
Ben and Sam discuss whether Major League Baseball should ban chewing tobacco, mandate that pitchers wear protective caps, and fund research about elbow injuries.
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Jun 20, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 475: What Baseball Could Borrow from Soccer’s Structure
Ben and Sam talk to Will Woods about soccer conventions that might improve baseball.
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Jun 19, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 474: The Rest-of-Season Projections Test
Ben and Sam identify the players who’ve most overperformed or underperformed their PECOTAs and discuss what they’ll do next.
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Jun 18, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 473: Never Stop Asking Questions
Ben and Sam answer listener email questions about players who take pitches, catcher defense, spotting terrible teams a run, tool grades, and more.
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Jun 17, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 472: The Greatness of Gwynn
Ben and Sam talk about the legacy of the late, great, Tony Gwynn.
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Jun 16, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 471: The All-MLB.TV Team
Ben and Sam discuss the players they drop everything to watch on MLB.TV.
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Jun 13, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 470: The Unprecedented Parity of 2014
Ben and Sam discuss the significance of the large number of teams still in contention.
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Jun 12, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 469: Preserving Sabermetrics for Posterity
Ben and Sam talk to Matt Dennewitz about his efforts to archive sabermetric research.
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Jun 11, 2014 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 468: Questions of a Questionable Nature
Ben and Sam banter about unpredictability, then answer listener emails about Google Glass, split seasons, time travel, Austin Hedges, and more.
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