Effectively Wild Episode 2254: Gods Do Not Answer Letters

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December 7, 2024

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a Tigers tweet about future first-pitch timing and other non-topical PSAs, provide a Secret Santa sign-up reminder, consider baseball authority figures who answer fan mail, discuss the impact that the changing economic landscape of college sports could have on MLB drafting and development, react to Danny Jansen’s deal with the Rays, and answer a question about defining “division rivals,” then (57:10) bring on Michael Mountain to Stat Blast about his new Wins Above Average-based Hall of Fame metric, BOOG, plus updates.

Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”
Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Tigers tweet
Link to Monfort email 1
Link to Monfort email 2
Link to Manfred email
Link to Manfred autograph 1
Link to Manfred autograph 2
Link to Manfred autograph 3
Link to Manfred autograph 4
Link to Selig email quote
Link to Updike quote
Link to NIL Athletic article
Link to MLBTR on Jansen
Link to tweet about Jansen
Link to Tango Bluesky post
Link to Tango blog post
Link to Michael’s Stat Blast cover
Link to HoF pace for hitters
Link to HOF pace for pitchers
Link to tiered HOF by BOOG score
Link to BOOG graphs site
Link to MLBTR on Holmes
Link to MLBTR on Bieber
Link to MLBTR top 50 FA
Link to over/under draft score
Link to ABA article
Link to Manfred backtrack
Link to EW gift subscriptions
Link to Secret Santa sign-up form

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