Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 2006: Not My Cup of D

May 13, 2023

01:46:41

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Comedy of a Testicular Torsion

3min

The Importance of Recognizing When a Baseball Hits You

3min

The Consequences of Wearing a Cup in Baseball

4min

The Worst Part of the Karam Rupture

2min

The Unfortunate Impact of Akil Badu

2min

The Effects of Cupping on Baseball Performance

2min

The Importance of Comfort in Baseball

2min

Joey Gallo's Return to the Majors

6min

10.

Gallo's Psychological Relationship to the Game

2min

11.

The Importance of Extremes in Baseball

5min

12.

Zach Latel's Obsession With Cruise Ships

3min

13.

The Internationalization of Baseball

3min

14.

Major League Baseball in Paris in 2025

5min

15.

The Rise of Mono Culture in Baseball

4min

16.

The Secret Dodgers Academy in Uganda

6min

17.

The Importance of Private Entities in Sports

2min

18.

The Importance of Competition in the International Amateur Space

2min

19.

The Importance of Protecting Vulnerable People in Sports

2min

20.

The Dodgers' Failure to Keep the Academy Secret

4min

21.

The Importance of Being the First Mover in a Space

2min

22.

How to Conduct Yourself Ethically in a Market Like the Dodgers

2min

23.

The League's Role in Consolidating the US Baseball Presence

3min

24.

The Power Dilemma in Baseball in Uganda

2min

25.

MLB's Negro League Integration Hasstalled

5min

26.

The Benefits of Reclassifying the Negro Leagues

6min

27.

The Disagreement Between MLB and M Movie Dot-Com

2min

28.

The Importance of Major League Baseball

3min

29.

MLB's Slow Action in Recognizing the Negro League's

6min

30.

The Incentives for Betting on Minor League Games

4min

31.

The Moral Dilemma of Betting

2min

32.

The Importance of Worms in the Great Tapestry

2min

33.

The Importance of Throwing Harder

6min

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Akil Baddoo taking a baseball to the beans, broadcasters describing groin shots, and players deciding whether to wear cups. Then they compare a resurgent Joey Gallo and a slumping Andrew Benintendi (20:25), recall reliever Zack Littell’s affinity for cruise ships (33:22), forecast MLB’s international future (37:22), consider the […]

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