Effectively Wild Episode 2190: If You Call Him, He Will Pitch

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July 13, 2024

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Ben Lindbergh talks to Sam Miller of Pebble Hunting about the increase in IL stints at the All-Star break and Sam’s obsession with the evolving strategy of first-and-third situations. Then (41:29) Ben talks to Iowa state representative and Sioux City Explorers pitcher J.D. Scholten about his incredible baseball comeback at age 44, his baseball background, balancing baseball and politics, and his efforts to end MLB blackouts. Finally (1:20:14), Ben and The Athletic’s Evan Drellich talk to former NBC Sports and The Baseball Network president Ken Schanzer about the 30th anniversary of TBN, the first U.S. TV network owned by a pro sports league.

Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Calcaterra on Glasnow
Link to Devers shoulder story
Link to ASB IL placement data
Link to Sam on first-and-third 1
Link to Sam on first-and-third 2
Link to Clemens clip
Link to Clemens gamer
Link to Manny’s cutoff
Link to Russell on post-2013 changes
Link to Pebble Hunting
Link to Scholten call
Link to Scholten clip
Link to Scholten pitching
Link to Scholten local news clip
Link to Scholten’s B-Ref page
Link to Scholten’s wiki
Link to Gazette story on Scholten
Link to WaPo on Scholten
Link to SI on Scholten
Link to Honkbal wiki
Link to Congressional Baseball Game EW
Link to The Gazette on the blackouts bill
Link to Offerman on Field of Dreams
Link to EW on Field of Dreams
Link to canceled Field of Dreams series
Link to Scholten’s Substack
Link to Scholten’s campaign site
Link to Evan on EW 2168
Link to Evan on a national TV deal
Link to 1994 TBN theme song
Link to 1994 ASG at B-Ref
Link to The Baseball Network wiki
Link to ’93 WaPo story on Ken
Link to 1993 most powerful people
Link to 1991 most powerful people
Link to The Baseball Network sources
Link to Schanzer retirement story
Link to rookie All-Star SP
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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