Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about passing the halfway point of the offseason, another way in which baseball is unusual among team sports, a few minor transactions, and (11:15) recent PR missteps by the Reds and Orioles owners’ respective sons. Then (39:16) they talk to writer Dan Moore about his reporting on public stadium subsidies, the financial cost of keeping teams in a city and the intangible cost of letting them leave, the architectural and economic legacies of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the soaring valuations of sports franchises, and the A’s ballpark situation, followed by (1:25:49) a Past Blast from 1957 and mascot banter.Audio intro: The Bootheels, “Halfway There”Audio interstitial: Television, “Elevation”Audio outro: Pit Pony, “Profit”Link to Kyle’s halfway-point postLink to Smyth’s halfway tweetLink to Sam on the pitLink to Castellini’s 2022 commentsLink to new Castellini commentsLink to projections fact-checkLink to C. Trent on CastelliniLink to Rosie Reds websiteLink to story on Orioles donationLink to Angelos lawsuit infoLink to Connolly on AngelosLink to Angelos videoLink to Angelos transcriptLink to Forbes team valuationsLink to Sportico team valuationsLink to Dan on team movesLink to Dan on Camden YardsLink to Dan on team valuationsLink to WaPo on the Nats’ saleLink to Will Carroll reportLink to $1.2 billion Baltimore fundLink to more info on fundLink to Oakland grant newsLink to A’s CBA deadlineLink to latest on the Royals’ parkLink to Missouri legislator commentsLink to 2022 in stadium fundingLink to Field of SchemesLink to Dan’s Oakland Roots articleLink to Dan’s websiteLink to 1957 story sourceLink to Emmett Kelly wikiLink to Gritty wikiLink to Dandy articleLink to other Dandy articleLink to Bronxie articleLink to Blooper and Duvall’s sonLink to Buoy the TrollLink to post about CaillouLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter 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: podcast@fangraphs.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source