Effectively Wild Episode 2516: Baseball Is So Back

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August 11, 2026

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a quick hook for Keith Foulke in the WPBL and Stat Blast about the historic outcome of a series between two streaking teams before analyzing an update on Giancarlo Stanton’s status, the effect of era on Jacob Wilson’s errorless streak, the significance of baseball’s resurgence in Hollywood (as evidenced by a Netflix Yankees series, three upcoming baseball movies, and a baseball tangent on Ted Lasso), Mike Krukow and the best team scenario for a beloved broadcaster’s farewell tour, Max Scherzer’s small-sample resurgence, and the latest on Hunter Greene, Paul Skenes, and Gerrit Cole.

Audio intro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Dak quote
Link to Dak Wookieepedia page
Link to Hobbie’s Hoth fate
Link to Boston Hunters announcement
Link to Hunters tweet
Link to WPBL standings
Link to Weeks hiring story
Link to story about A’s streak snapping
Link to story about Sox streak-snapping
Link to Stat Blast streaks data 1
Link to Stat Blast streaks data 2
Link to harmonic mean wiki
Link to so over/so back meme
Link to FG preseason predictions
Link to Boone/Stanton quote 1
Link to Boone/Stanton quote 2
Link to Casas swinging exchange
Link to Casas swinging article
Link to Casas surgery
Link to Stanton chips quote
Link to Stanton/Panterra video
Link to Stanton/Panterra post
Link to Stanton ESPN photo shoot
Link to Wilson story 1
Link to Wilson story 2
Link to errorless leaderboard
Link to 2025 Wilson fielding game log
Link to 2026 Wilson fielding game log
Link to 2002 Bordick fielding game log
Link to Korach tweet
Link to annual fielding averages
Link to leaguewide batted-ball stats
Link to leaguewide K rate stats
Link to 2002 team batted-ball stats
Link to 2026 team batted-ball stats
Link to Sam on errors
Link to Stat Blast on errors
Link to dill-flavored Liquid I.V.
Link to Netflix Yankees series
Link to Gehrig movie news
Link to Glen Powell’s IMDb
Link to Cooper story 1
Link to Cooper story 2
Link to The Catch movie info
Link to Hanks movie news
Link to Stone as Padres fan
Link to Stone as Mets fan
Link to EW baseball movies episode
Link to Lasso NLBM story
Link to Lasso NLBM scene
Link to recent Kendrick EW appearance
Link to B-Ref career pitching WAR
Link to FG career pitching WAR
Link to Eephus on Prime Video
Link to Eephus EW interview
Link to Josef Suk wiki
Link to Olympics art awards
Link to Suk’s Scherzo Fantastique
Link to fantastic scherzo explainer
Link to more fantastic scherzo info
Link to Johnson strikeouts discrepancy
Link to Scherzer vs. Johnson story
Link to Jay on Scherzer and Cole
Link to Ryan SABR bio
Link to MLBTR on Greene’s surgery
Link to White Sox Kwan call
Link to previous Skenes discussion
Link to Skenes leaderboard
Link to Cole leaderboard
Link to BaseRuns standings
Link to George injury update
Link to Lasko injury update
Link to Trout birthday fun fact

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