Effectively Wild Episode 665: The A-Rod Breakout Breakdown
April 27, 2015
Ben and Sam banter about the NL DH and then discuss A-Rod’s newfound patience and oldfound power.
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Effectively Wild Episode 664: The Brawling Royals and the Remarkable Mets
April 24, 2015
Ben, Sam, and Will Woods talk about the Royals’ latest dust-up, the Mets’ 11-game winning streak, and Giancarlo Stanton’s almost physics-defying home runs.
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Effectively Wild Episode 663: Your Mostly Excellent Emails
April 23, 2015
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about defining team success, four-man outfields, pitcher offensive futility, baseball’s Star Wars trailer moments, and more.
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Effectively Wild Episode 662: Michael Schur on Metacommentary 10 Years After Fire Joe Morgan’s First Post
April 22, 2015
On the 10th anniversary of Fire Joe Morgan’s first post, Ben and Sam talk to Michael Schur about FJM, sports-media sins in the age of Twitter and, oddly enough, The O.C.
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Effectively Wild Episode 661: How Different is Baseball in 2015?
April 21, 2015
Ben and Sam banter about batting around and Bryan Price’s media meltdown, then check in on early-season statistical trends.
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Effectively Wild Episode 660: The Weekend-Long A’s-Royals Rumble
April 20, 2015
Ben and Sam banter about Alex Rodriguez and discuss the three-day dispute about unwritten rules between the A’s and the Royals.
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Effectively Wild Episode 659: The Making of the Modern General Manager
April 17, 2015
Ben and Sam talk to Mark Armour and Dan Levitt, the authors of In Pursuit of Pennants, about whether good GMs have to break rules, how long competitive advantages last, and how good teams go bad.
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Effectively Wild Episode 658: Playoff Odds Changes and the Meaning in Small Samples
April 16, 2015
Ben and Sam talk to Matt Trueblood about the teams that have hurt or improved their odds the most, and the aspects of performance that are significant in small samples.
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Effectively Wild Episode 657: The Switching Cities, Dealing Draft Picks, and Trading Divisions Edition
April 15, 2015
Ben and Sam banter about Mike Trout and answer listener emails about trading draft picks and divisions, saving failing franchises, limiting pitchers, and more.
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Effectively Wild Episode 656: How to Pick Breakout Players
April 14, 2015
Ben and Sam banter about Jon Lester and then talk to the entire TINO (There Is No Offseason) podcast crew about their breakout-player beliefs.
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