Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s unlikely recovery in the contracts over/under draft, the Cubs signing Shota Imanaga, the trailblazing Rachel Balkovec moving from the dugout to the Marlins’ front office, and (18:37) whether the new horror film Night Swim is a baseball movie. Then (35:53) they talk to Oakland A’s All-Star Brent Rooker about breakfast foods, a potential new nickname, Night Swim, embracing advanced stats, player perceptions of luck, looking at his exit velo instead of his batted balls, whether he had help in homering off of Shohei Ohtani, underrated teammates, his breakouts in college and the majors, shedding the “Quadruple-A” label, DH penalties, being funny and informative on Twitter, fans complaining about losing bets, self-deprecating athletes, unusual meals, recalling pitch sequences, crossword puzzles, kids’ movies, and more. Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to over/under draft resultsLink to MLBTR on ImanagaLink to Baumann on ImanagaLink to Longenhagen on ImanagaLink to FG FA Top 50Link to Ben on festival postersLink to MLB.com on BalkovecLink to article on GoodrumLink to story on female umpLink to Baseball: The MovieLink to Surrey on Night SwimLink to Polygon on Night SwimLink to Night Swim Reddit postLink to May’s insurance videoLink to Night Swim trailerLink to Rooker’s TwitterLink to Rooker’s breakfast threadLink to Rooker breakfast interviewLink to Skalka menuLink to khachapuri wikiLink to “Country Breakfast” storyLink to Rooker and Zach BryanLink to homer off of OhtaniLink to Renfroe assist commentLink to DH penalty researchLink to Defector on 2020 debutsLink to “random at-bats” tweetLink to the random at-batLink to Rooker’s singleLink to favorite metrics tweetLink to sweepers tweet 1Link to sweepers tweet 2Link to velo vs. location tweetLink to dad tweetLink to parlay-complaint tweetLink to thread on dataLink to TTO% leaderboardLink to May on FisherLink to Gauci hiring storyLink to Gauci EW episodeLink to vertical baseball detailsLink to Interstellar clip 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