Effectively Wild Episode 2394: Swing Hard in Case You Hit It

Ben and Meg banter about Magic Johnson’s Game 5 preview, Game 4 observations, belated Game 2 takes on Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Jonas Brothers, Addison Barger’s sleepovers and doppelgangers, David Popkins’ impact on the Jays, another Cal Raleigh award win, Bryce Harper’s hurt feelings, and more.

Audio intro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Magic tweet
Link to Stephen A. clip
Link to “catbird seat”
Link to Paine’s research
Link to team IBB
Link to postseason IBB story
Link to MLB.com Jonas Bros story
Link to Mastercard Jonas Bros release
Link to People Jonas Bros story
Link to Jonas Bros backlash story
Link to Jonas Bros performance
Link to Barger/Schneider story
Link to Jays internal dev story
Link to Popkins story 1
Link to Popkins story 2
Link to Popkins story 3
Link to Cal award win 1
Link to Cal award win 2
Link to Harper story

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