Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether MLB should implement an NHL-esque holiday transaction freeze, then (5:53) answer listener emails about Bryce Harper, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Glasnow, and tampering, abandoning the Angels, what to do after visiting every MLB and MiLB ballpark, when the last-place finishers of 2023 will be 90-win true-talent teams, “prep” prospects, valuing a player with a knack for inspirational speeches, and applying a college-football-style playoff-selection process to MLB, followed by Stat Blasts (1:12:29) about Bobo Newsom and the most inveterate team-changers, a 13-year-old Ben’s all-time Yankees lineup, and whether the balanced schedule contributed to 2023’s MLB attendance boost.Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to tweet about transaction freezeLink to Harper/Trout tamperingLink to Major League RulesLink to Ortiz tamperingLink to Judge/Machado tamperingLink to FG on legalizing tamperingLink to Harper/Stanton tweetsLink to EW Episode 1053Link to EW on abandoning the A’sLink to Negro Leagues parksLink to EW Episode 419Link to BaseRuns recordsLink to You’re Wrong About podLink to Decoder Ring podLink to Heyward speech infoLink to Ohtani speech infoLink to CFB selection explainerLink to Florida State snub explainerLink to listener emails databaseLink to EW Episode 1780Link to Bobo SABR bioLink to Bobo book bioLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to team-changing leaderboardLink to 2009 study on turnover ratesLink to Ben on turnover ratesLink to Ben’s pottery plaqueLink to Yankees 1B WAR leadersLink to Yankees 2B WAR leadersLink to Yankees SS WAR leadersLink to Yankees 3B WAR leadersLink to Yankees C WAR leadersLink to Yankees LF WAR leadersLink to Yankees CF WAR leadersLink to Yankees RF WAR leadersLink to Yankees P WAR leadersLink to Crosetti SABR bioLink to Meusel SABR bioLink to Mary Miner obitLink to July attendance convoLink to attendance dataLink to Chris Hanel tweets 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