Show notes
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and FanGraphs authors Michael Baumann and Ben Clemens play “Character Who Appears in Shōgun the Novel (but Not the TV Series) or International Amateur Baseball Player” (3:13), banter about an MLBPA power struggle (8:37) and the life of late Orioles owner Peter Angelos (16:51), and then explain the second annual preseason predictions game (22:38) and make 10 bold predictions apiece (29:00) about baseball in 2024, to be voted on by listeners.Audio intro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Horny)”LINK TO VOTE ON PREDICTIONSLink to Sasaki articleLink to Jarvis singing videoLink to Passan on the MLBPALink to Drellich on FlahertyLink to latest on the MLBPALink to Drellich on McHughLink to Meyer letterLink to MLBTR on AngelosLink to Angelos wikiLink to Rubenstein storyLink to last year’s predictions podLink to predictions recap podLink to last year’s resultsLink to wiki on last yearLink to combined WAR leaderboardLink to Ben on 2022 PujolsLink to jacked players listLink to slim Stanton videoLink to FG top 100Link to 2024 oldest playersLink to 40+ PA by yearLink to batter age by yearLink to multi-year RoY vote-gettersLink to tiebreaker rulesLink to FG playoff oddsLink to Bananas cruiseLink to total SB by yearLink to Sam on SBLink to Russell on pickoffsLink to obstruction enforcementLink to enforcement explainerLink to obstruction call videoLink to Lindor play piece 1Link to Lindor play piece 2Link to MiLB FA draft projectionsLink to Thames GIFLink to Ben on ShoheiLink to ballpark meetup formsLink to meetup organizer formLINK TO VOTE ON PREDICTIONS 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