Effectively Wild Episode 1803: Think of the Bat Children

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January 28, 2022

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about FanGraphs adding fancy “photograph” technology and whether Dick Monfort is any better at collective bargaining than he is at running the Rockies, then discuss the pioneering lives and careers of 2022 Hall of Fame inductees/honorees Bud Fowler and Jack Graney and Graney’s dog mascot Larry, with detours into Yankees mascot Dandy, whether dogs are eligible for the Mascot Hall of Fame and, yes, whether bat boys and bat girls violate child labor laws.

Audio intro: The Midnight Club, “Dandy in the Underworld”
Audio outro: Lucinda Williams, “Fruits of My Labor”

Link to FanGraphs photo post
Link to FanGraphs redesign announcement
Link to Drellich’s Monfort story
Link to Freedman’s Monfort thread
Link to Nick Groke on the Rockies
Link to Pages from Baseball’s Past
Link to Fowler story
Link to Graney story
Link to Larry story
Link to Jack and Larry video
Link to Dandy story
Link to story about Bronxie the turtle
Link to Mascot Hall of Fame rules
Link to story about Butler’s Blue
Link to Arkansas Travelers mascot
Link to Mrs. Met wiki
Link to Portland Pickles tweet
Link to 2022 Child Entertainment Laws
Link to NYT bat boy labor story
Link to AP bat boy labor story
Link to WaPo bat boy labor story

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