Effectively Wild Episode 2039: A Miles in Someone Else’s Bruise
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a silly kerfuffle involving Miles Mikolas, Willson Contreras, and Ian Happ, Triston Casas’s hot streak and previous unwritten-rules run-in, Bullet Rogan vs. Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge’s return and the Yankees’ underlying issues, the Mets trading David Robertson to the Marlins and the White Sox sending Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly to the Dodgers and Kendall Graveman to the Astros, White Sox historical franchise futility, which of this season’s most disappointing teams is most likely to bounce back in 2024, and Royals owner John Sherman’s claims about the economic impact of the team’s future ballpark, plus emails (1:19:45) about a homerless MVP and MLB ownership vs. NFL ownership, and a Future Blast (1:27:26) from 2039.
Audio intro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to story about Cardinals kerfuffle
Link to Cardinals broadcast commentary
Link to broadcaster ratings
Link to bottom-five broadcasters
Link to post on lizard incident
Link to Mikolas vs. Galvis
Link to Mikolas vs. Soto
Link to Ben on the Soto shuffle
Link to Casas/clubhouse article
Link to Cora on Casas
Link to best hitters since 6/7
Link to best hitters since 5/23
Link to FG combined WAR leaderboard
Link to FiveThirtyEight on Rogan
Link to Rogan wiki
Link to previous EW on Rogan
Link to B-Ref Negro Leagues stats
Link to FG Negro Leagues stats
Link to Kram on Judge
Link to Paine on Judge
Link to FG on Kelly/Lynn
Link to FG on the Graveman trade
Link to 2021 Graveman trade article
Link to White Sox playoff appearances
Link to FG on the Robertson trade
Link to FG post on the Cubs
Link to John Sherman’s letter
Link to BP on the Sherman letter
Link to FB thread on MLB vs. NFL owners
Link to EW emails database
Link to Rick Wilber’s website
Link to Twanisha Terry wiki
Link to MLBTR on Cronin
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