Show notes
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and listener Michael Mountain banter about Michael’s proposal for Effectively Wild listener ballpark meetups during the 2024 MLB season, followed by (7:24) Michael’s guest Stat Blasts about the best non-award-winning players, his all-time player tiers, and Hall of Famers (and HoF candidates) who excelled or flopped at leading their leagues at their respective positions. Then (36:17) Ben and Meg talk to Brian Moritz about his prediction/warning that a major sports-betting journalism scandal could be coming.Audio intro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to listener-meetup formLink to Michael on Episode 1263Link to undecorated players sheetLink to EW Episode 964Link to Bill James proposalLink to reworked tiersLink to league leaders sheetLink to Hall of Stats shutdownLink to Eight Men Out wikiLink to Brian’s Nieman Lab pieceLink to Brian’s 2022 pieceLink to Brian at St. BonaventureLink to Sports Media GuyLink to WSJ on journalist inside infoLink to story on BBWAA rulesLink to story on ESPN rulesLink to story on ChamsLink to newsroom betting policiesLink to tweet about Curb bettingLink to “fading” definitionLink to MLBTR on StromanLink to over/under draft resultsLink to Ben on arbitrationLink to Stat Blast song coverLink to all Stat Blast covers 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