Effectively Wild Episode 2471: The Red Sox Sackings

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April 27, 2026

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Red Sox suddenly sweeping their coaching staff clean, projected contenders off to even worse starts than the Sox, MLB offense in Mexico City, a double ball-strike challenge, Kyle Harrison as the new Quinn Priester, and Kevin McGonigle out-phenoming Konnor Griffin, then Stat Blast (38:37) about Brandon Phillips and major league afterlives, teams hitting for the homer cycle in a single inning, and individual net five-homer games. Then (53:38) they talk to The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier about how and why the Red Sox fired Alex Cora and Co. and whether there’s more house-cleaning to come.

Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: The Spaghettis, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG post on Sox firings
Link to MLBTR on Sox firings
Link to MLBTR on Sox hirings
Link to original Cronin wiki
Link to van photo
Link to Four Seasons Total Landscaping
Link to Whitlock quote
Link to Story quote
Link to player reactions round-up
Link to firing timing Stat Blast
Link to Sportradar firing fact
Link to “Chad” wiki
Link to Cora reactions story
Link to Cora text
Link to Cora tweet
Link to fired coaches photo 1
Link to fired coaches photo 2
Link to Paine’s Sox analysis 1
Link to Paine’s Sox analysis 2
Link to playoff odds changes
Link to Diamondbacks Mexico City win
Link to Mexico games
Link to Ben on Mexico City scoring
Link to Monterrey stadium
Link to Mexico City stadium
Link to run-scoring comparison
Link to Vancouver expansion story
Link to double challenge clip
Link to double challenge story
Link to Refsnyder challenge story
Link to Baty challenge story
Link to Harrison’s five-start averages
Link to FG on-pace leaders
Link to Griffin’s first dinger
Link to Phillips contract story
Link to EW on delayed retirements
Link to major league afterlives data
Link to Kenny Jackelen
Link to Phillips B-Ref page
Link to PCL wiki
Link to SIS Cameron story
Link to SIS Cameron post
Link to Red Sox preview pod
Link to team HR leaderboard
Link to team SP WAR
Link to Sheehan on the Sox offense
Link to Napoli photo
Link to Napoli story
Link to team payrolls page
Link to Rosenthal on Cora
Link to team payrolls page
Link to listener meetup tool (PW: EW2026)
Link to meetup tool Reddit post
Link to sub-two-hour-marathon story

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