Effectively Wild Episode 1763: World Series Preview, Fun Fact Edition by Meg Rowley October 25, 2021 Meg Rowley and guest co-host Sarah Langs of MLB.com banter about Sarah’s participation in MLB’s first game to feature an all-women broadcast crew, her research process, and what makes for a good fun fact. Then Sarah shares some Braves and Astros statistical oddities ahead of the World Series, including fun facts about Joc Pederson, Brian Snitker and Dusty Baker, Eddie Rosario, the Astros’ offense, Tyler Matzek, and more. Finally, Sarah offers what could make (and break) each team in the Fall Classic. Audio intro: Doris Day, “Ain’t We Got Fun?” Audio outro: Soundgarden, “Dusty” Link to Sarah’s piece on Dusty Baker Link to Sarah’s piece (with Matt Kelly and Andrew Simon) on Chris Taylor’s three home run NLCS Game 5 Link to David Waldstein’s New York Times piece on the Rays/Orioles game Sarah broadcast, the first MLB game called entirely by women Link to Sarah’s latest Twitch stream Link to Eric Longenhagen’s World Series preview Link to Meg’s NLCS Game 6 recap Link to Dan Szymborski’s ALCS Game 6 recap Link to Ben Clemens’ postseason report card for Alex Cora Link to Jayson Stark’s piece on NLCS Weirdness and Wildness Link to Ken Rosenthal’s piece on Dusty Baker Link to Andy McCullough’s piece on using starters in relief in the postseason Link to Mike Petriello’s piece on using starters in relief in the postseason 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/p/cdn-podcasts.fangraphs.com/EffectivelyWildEpisode1763.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS