Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Akil Baddoo taking a baseball to the beans, broadcasters describing groin shots, and players deciding whether to wear cups. Then they compare a resurgent Joey Gallo and a slumping Andrew Benintendi (20:25), recall reliever Zack Littell’s affinity for cruise ships (33:22), forecast MLB’s international future (37:22), consider the Dodgers’ secret Ugandan academy (47:06), discuss an update on MLB’s integration of Negro Leagues stats (1:13:40), and assess their levels of anxiety about game-fixing in light of two college gambling scandals (1:30:21), plus a Past Blast (1:42:35) from 2006.Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Baddoo playLink to first cup tweetLink to second cup tweetLink to MLB nutshots compilationLink to another nutshots videoLink to swinging nutshot videoLink to Ben Clemens on GalloLink to Ben L. on Gallo in 2014Link to Gallo’s juggle catchLink to Gallo on New YorkLink to Gallo on New York againLink to Littell articleLink to old Littell EW episodeLink to MLB international plansLink to South Korea game infoLink to Uganda academy articleLink to info on Dodgers’ DR academyLink to info on academies’ impactLink to prospect exploitation reportLink to Horace Wilson articleLink to article on Negro Leagues statsLink to Ben on MLB’s reclassificationLink to Ben on reclassification againLink to Baumann on the Ala. scandalLink to Sheehan on the Ala. scandalLink to Iowa scandal storyLink to Iowa State infoLink to 2006 Past Blast sourceLink to 2022 article on JonesLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Rasmussen infoLink to 2022 Megill storyLink to 2023 Megill story 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