Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the abrupt end of Kim Ng’s tenure as the general manager of the Miami Marlins, Alyssa Nakken interviewing for the Giants’ manager job, the Rangers taking a 2-0 lead on the Astros in the ALCS, and the new Netflix documentary The Saint of Second Chances. Then (48:12) Ben talks to the documentary’s subject, baseball maverick Mike Veeck, about why he wanted to tell his up-and-down-and-up story, his legendary dad, Hall of Famer Bill Veeck, and the colorful Veeck clan, Disco Demolition Night, the origins of modern independent baseball, Darryl Strawberry’s season with the St. Paul Saints, the secret to a great baseball promotion, the Savannah Bananas, whether MLB could ever have a Veeck-ian owner again, MLB’s control (and contraction) of the minor leagues, and more.Audio intro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Ghiroli on NgLink to Passan on NgLink to Kepner on NgLink to MLBTR on NakkenLink to Ben Clemens on the AstrosLink to Ken Rosenthal on YordanLink to article on Jordan’s flu gameLink to exploding-scoreboard videoLink to The Saint of Second ChancesLink to documentary trailerLink to MiLB.com on Mike VeeckLink to list of Veeck’s promotionsLink to Vice on Disco Demolition NightLink to Ben on Bill Veeck 1Link to Ben on Veeck 2Link to Ben on Veeck 3Link to Ben on Veeck 4Link to SABR on the ’43 PhilliesLink to BJO on book inaccuraciesLink to SABR’s Bill Veeck bioLink to Craig Wright on PaigeLink to EW interview about the BananasLink to Veeck As in WreckLink to The Hustler’s HandbookLink to Fun is GoodLink to Mike’s websiteLink to playoff-stats spreadsheetLink to The Ringer-Verse podcastLink to House of R podcast 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