Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a low-suspense awards week, the vastly varying paths to being a major league manager, the latest sign of the Angels player-development apocalypse, Brian Cashman on Giancarlo Stanton, the death of Padres owner Peter Seidler, Michael Jordan’s baseball career on For All Mankind, how much holding runners matters, and how to judge how many championships a franchise “should” have won, then Stat Blast (1:08:56) about postseason baserunning, scoring first in October, winning rings without playing a lot, and players who lost a lot of WAR, plus a PSA (1:31:02) about EW Secret Santa.Audio intro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Posnanski on unanimous awardsLink to Meg’s preseason predictionsLink to “Imperial phase” wikiLink to Sheehan on managersLink to story on college-coach managersLink to Blum on PercivalLink to Cashman’s commentsLink to Stanton’s agent’s responseLink to NYT Seidler obitLink to FAM Jordan imageLink to Petriello on running preventionLink to the EW wiki on LesterLink to running prevention leaderboardsLink to BP piece on championshipsLink to Topps NowLink to Rob Mains on October baserunningLink to Rob on comebacksLink to “scoring first” sheetLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to low-playing-time-rings sheetLink to Bellinger on EWLink to Gore on EWLink to “lost WAR” sheetLink to FG on Doumit’s framingLink to Secret Santa sign-up sheet 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