Effectively Wild Episode 1979: Season Preview Series: Astros and Pirates by Ben Lindbergh March 9, 2023 Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the exciting beginning of the WBC, early indications in spring training that MLB’s rules changes are having the intended effects, and a classic unprecedented occurrence in a baseball game, then continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the Houston Astros (17:49) with Chandler Rome of The Houston Chonicle, and the Pittsburgh Pirates (59:39) with Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, plus a Past Blast from 1979 (1:30:38), preview trivia answers (1:37:36), and a farewell to editor Dylan Higgins. 2023 EW Season Preview Series ALBALCHWHOUBOSCLELAANYYDETOAKTBRKCRSEATORMINTEX NLATLCHCARIMIACINCOLNYMMILLADPHIPITSDPWSNSTLSFG Audio intro: Sloan, “So Far So Good” Audio interstitial 1: The Black Crowes, “Houston Don’t Dream About Me” Audio interstitial 2: Mason Jennings, “Pittsburgh” Audio outro: Hockey Dad, “Dylan’s Place” Link to Castillo catch Link to runner’s celebration mistake Link to last play of Australia-Korea Link to Nootbaar catch Link to Ohtani highlights Link to story on Ohtani Link to Passan tweet Link to Lewie Pollis on the shift Link to Tom Tango on stolen bases Link to Cooper on game times Link to Johnson’s bird snuff film Link to You’re Wrong About on snuff films Link to FanGraphs playoff odds Link to FG payroll breakdown Link to Astros offseason tracker Link to Astros depth chart Link to Passan on Click and Crane Link to Chandler on Brown Link to Chandler’s spring preview Link to Chandler’s author archive Link to Baumann on Brown Link to Pirates offseason tracker Link to Pirates depth chart Link to Jason’s spring Pirates preview Link to Jason on Keller Link to Jason on catching prospects Link to Jason on strike-throwing Link to Jason’s author archive Link to 1979 article source Link to Belgium gambling news Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter Link to Dylan’s last FGA episode Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com https://media.blubrry.com/effectively_wild/cdn-podcasts.fangraphs.com/EffectivelyWildEpisode1979.mp3Podcast (effectively-wild): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS