Effectively Wild Episode 1957: Owners’ Groaners

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about passing the halfway point of the offseason, another way in which baseball is unusual among team sports, a few minor transactions, and (11:15) recent PR missteps by the Reds and Orioles owners’ respective sons. Then (39:16) they talk to writer Dan Moore about his reporting on public stadium subsidies, the financial cost of keeping teams in a city and the intangible cost of letting them leave, the architectural and economic legacies of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the soaring valuations of sports franchises, and the A’s ballpark situation, followed by (1:25:49) a Past Blast from 1957 and mascot banter.

Audio intro: The Bootheels, “Halfway There
Audio interstitial: Television, “Elevation
Audio outro: Pit Pony, “Profit

Link to Kyle’s halfway-point post
Link to Smyth’s halfway tweet
Link to Sam on the pit
Link to Castellini’s 2022 comments
Link to new Castellini comments
Link to projections fact-check
Link to C. Trent on Castellini
Link to Rosie Reds website
Link to story on Orioles donation
Link to Angelos lawsuit info
Link to Connolly on Angelos
Link to Angelos video
Link to Angelos transcript
Link to Forbes team valuations
Link to Sportico team valuations
Link to Dan on team moves
Link to Dan on Camden Yards
Link to Dan on team valuations
Link to WaPo on the Nats’ sale
Link to Will Carroll report
Link to $1.2 billion Baltimore fund
Link to more info on fund
Link to Oakland grant news
Link to A’s CBA deadline
Link to latest on the Royals’ park
Link to Missouri legislator comments
Link to 2022 in stadium funding
Link to Field of Schemes
Link to Dan’s Oakland Roots article
Link to Dan’s website
Link to 1957 story source
Link to Emmett Kelly wiki
Link to Gritty wiki
Link to Dandy article
Link to other Dandy article
Link to Bronxie article
Link to Blooper and Duvall’s son
Link to Buoy the Troll
Link to post about Caillou
Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website
Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter

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