Effectively Wild Episode 2500: Yet Another “Things We Like About Baseball” Draft
In the fifth incarnation of a time-honored tradition that recurs every 500-ish episodes, Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by ex-co-host Sam Miller and The Athletic’s Grant Brisbee to draft assorted things that they like about baseball.
Audio intro: Sam Miller, “Effectively Wild Theme (Ken Maeda’s Nice ‘n’ Easy Remix)”
Audio outro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to EW wiki page for things drafts
Link to Episode 500 wiki
Link to Episode 996 wiki
Link to Episode 1500 wiki
Link to Episode 2000 wiki
Link to U.S. semiquincentennial wiki
Link to Pebble Hunting
Link to Grant at The Athletic
Link to Ben on pre-WAR value estimates
Link to spaghetti policy research
Link to article on spaghetti research
Link to Devil Rays food policy article
Link to The Roundtable cancellation
Link to O’Neil on bat cracks clip
Link to O’Neil on Bo article 1
Link to O’Neil on Bo article 2
Link to Tracy quote about Harris
Link to Kershaw on McKinstry
Link to Tito Translator post
Link to Murphy on Vargas
Link to Space Jam sound clip
Link to Space Jam video clip
Link to Space Jam quote 2
Link to Space Jam clip 2
Link to Franzke on Stott
Link to Martinez comment
Link to Schneider on Lukes
Link to Kemp quote 1
Link to Kemp quote 2
Link to Baldelli on Vázquez
Link to Cora on Mayer
Link to Roberts on DeLuca
Link to Maddon on Fletcher
Link to Campbell on Andrews
Link to Snitker on Acuña Jr.
Link to Roberts on Betts
Link to Stark on Rollins
Link to supposed Tabler quote
Link to Malone on Counsell
Link to Sandberg quote
Link to Royko on Sandberg
Link to Royko on Kruk
Link to Royko wiki
Link to Kruk and Koch
Link to 1978 Willoughby article
Link to Tomlinson Father’s Day bit
Link to Can’t Hardly Wait scene
Link to Everybody Wants Some!! clip
Link to Sam on sound outside ballpark
Link to Sam on K-strutting
Link to Sam on Brewers challenging
Link to Leeroy Jenkins wiki
Link to The Athletic on Ruiz
Link to best-hitting catchers
Link to 2015 Cozart article
Link to 2015 FG post on Cozart
Link to 2016 FG post on Cozart
Link to 2017 Cozart article
Link to 2017 FG post on Cozart
Link to The Athletic on Cozart
Link to Wong/Chapman story
Link to Sam on “drawing interest”
Link to Sam on SP strike rates
Link to Bill James strike zone quote
Link to Cansecos switcheroo story
Link to Cansecos switcheroo conspiracy
Link to Jolly article
Link to Ben on Twins.com
Link to MLB trademark application
Link to Niekro-on-Niekro homer
Link to Perry home run story
Link to Gameday 3D explainer
Link to previous Gameday 3D banter
Link to Defector on Gameday 3D glitches
Link to other glitch 1
Link to other glitch 2
Link to other glitch 3
Link to other glitch 4
Link to other glitch 5
Link to other glitch 6
Link to other glitch 7
Link to other glitch 8
Link to other glitch 9
Link to Grubb on Gameday glitches
Link to deleted Gameday 3D post
Link to possible source of deleted clip
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