Effectively Wild Episode 117: Justin Upton Update: Still Not Traded
January 11, 2013
Ben and Sam discuss the rejected trade that would have made Justin Upton a Mariner.
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Effectively Wild Episode 116: Has the Sabermetric Movement Helped or Hurt Jack Morris?
January 10, 2013
Ben and Sam try to figure out whether the sabermetric movement has helped keep Jack Morris out of the Hall of Fame or given him a better chance to get in.
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Effectively Wild Episode 115: The Alternate-History Hall of Fame/Are NL Teams Stockpiling Position Players for Interleague Play?/Is 162 Games Too Many?/Preserving Parity
January 9, 2013
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about the Hall of Fame, preparing for interleague play, the 162-game schedule, and methods of preserving parity.
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Effectively Wild Episode 114: The One Where We Talk About the Hall of Fame
January 8, 2013
Ben and Sam discuss the Hall of Fame voting and what their own ballots would look like.
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Effectively Wild Episode 113: Three Trade Rumors We Read This Weekend
January 7, 2013
Ben and Sam break down three trade rumors that surfaced over the weekend.
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Effectively Wild Episode 112: The Kyle Lohse Quandary
January 4, 2013
Ben and Sam reflect on one of the slowest days of the offseason and then discuss the lack of movement in the market for Kyle Lohse.
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Effectively Wild Episode 111: How Do Major-League Managers Differ from Non-Baseball Bosses?
January 3, 2013
Ben and Sam discuss Joe Maddon’s value and the ways in which managers might have more or less impact than the typical non-baseball boss.
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Effectively Wild Episode 110: Players with Criminal Pasts/How Much Do Pitcher Hitting, Fielding, and Baserunning Matter?
January 2, 2013
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about how players with criminal pasts should be treated and how much pitchers’ non-pitching skills matter.
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Effectively Wild Episode 109: Eight Questions (and Answers) for the End of the Year
December 28, 2012
Ben and Sam ask and answer eight mostly unrelated questions about baseball and themselves.
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Effectively Wild Episode 108: What Position Should Ian Kinsler Play?/How Do You Know When You Need a New GM?
December 27, 2012
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about Ian Kinsler, how to decide when it’s time to change GMs, R.A. Dickey and the dome, and more.
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