Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary
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Dec 5, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 342: Should Teams Stop Spending?/Industry Theories About the Transaction Spree
Ben and Sam talk about the idea that trying to win is costing teams money, then discuss what the industry says about this week’s transaction activity.
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Dec 4, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 341: Hot Stovepocalypse
Ben and Sam discuss the year’s busiest day for big baseball news.
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Dec 3, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 340: Attempting to Make Sense of the Doug Fister Deal
Ben and Sam try to puzzle out the Tigers’ motivation for making the Doug Fister trade.
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Dec 2, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 339: Alex Rodriguez, Bud Selig, and Hard-Boiled Baseball
Ben and Sam discuss the latest details of the exquisitely seamy A-Rod story.
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Nov 27, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 338: Giving Thanks for Your Emails
Ben and Sam discuss the Hall of Fame and answer listener emails about brawls with Brian McCann, catcher framing, park effects, and more.
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Nov 26, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 337: Free Agent Spending So Far/The McCann, Molina, and Smith Signings
Ben and Sam discuss the early movement on the free agent market, then break down the Jose Molina, Brian McCann, and Joe Smith signings.
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Nov 25, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 336: Paying Peralta, and Punishing PED Users
Ben and Sam discuss Jhonny Peralta’s contract with the Cardinals, and whose responsibility it should be to publish PED users.
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Nov 22, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 335: Your Questions, Our Answers
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about switching positions between batters, specialist scouts, risk-averse skippers, a team of top prospects, and more.
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Nov 21, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 334: The Fielder-Kinsler Trade/Australia’s Asia Series Cinderella Story
Ben and Sam discuss the Ian Kinsler-Prince Fielder trade, then talk to Baseball South Australia’s Drew Samuelson about the incredible Canberra Cavalry.
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Nov 20, 2013 • 0sec
Effectively Wild Episode 333: How Teams Are Bridging the Gap Between Front Office and Field Staff
Ben and Sam discuss the new kind of coach being hired by big-league teams this offseason.
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