Effectively Wild Episode 1662: Season Preview Series: Angels and Royals by Ben Lindbergh March 3, 2021 Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about spring training games starting, Jeff Mathis batting cleanup in a spring training game (and once improbably batting fifth in a regular-season game), the latest reports about suspended Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway, the postponement of the start of the Triple-A season, the outlook for attendance in Texas, and Zack Greinke’s quest to join the exclusive 10-10 club for pitchers, then preview the 2021 Angels (26:23) with Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic and the 2021 Royals (1:09:10) with Lynn Worthy of The Kansas City Star. 2021 EW Season Preview Series ALBALCHWHOUBOSCLELAANYYDETOAKTBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG Audio intro: Shovels & Rope (Feat. Brandi Carlile), "Cleanup Hitter" Audio interstitial 1: Filthy Friends, "Angels" Audio interstitial 2: Heart, "Treat Me Well" Audio outro: Pavement, "Harness Your Hopes" Link to 2012 Mathis game Link to latest Callaway report Link to Alderson comments about Callaway Link to Passan report about Triple-A Link to Rangers attendance story Link to Greinke’s 10-10 quote Link to Fabian on Ohtani’s offseason Link to story about Angels’ GM hiring process Link to story about Angels’ furloughs Link to story about Pujols paying employees’ salaries Link to Jared Diamond on the Royals treating people well iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com https://media.blubrry.com/effectively_wild/cdn-podcasts.fangraphs.com/EffectivelyWildEpisode1662.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS