Effectively Wild Episode 2528: The Roundtable Reunion

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September 9, 2026

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With Meg Rowley on vacation, Ben Lindbergh brings a few dearly departed baseball podcasts (briefly) back to life. First up: The Roundtable, featuring EW cofounder (and Pebble Hunting author) Sam Miller and The Athletic’s Grant Brisbee and Andy McCullough. Ben, Sam, Grant, and Andy discuss the worst and best ballpark promotions, Doug Eddings’s cap decree and bid to become MLB’s new infamous umpire, what 2026 taught us about ump importance, whether umps uphold unwritten rules, future revelations about the Astros’ banging scheme, a trivia question in a new movie about the number of ways to reach base, Ketel Marte and the mountains teams try to climb, Sam’s recent writing about the boundaries of baseball performance, Andy’s ace updates, and Shohei Ohtani’s pitching outlook.

Audio intro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to The Roundtable archive
Link to Roundtable cancellation post
Link to Pebble Hunting
Link to Grant’s author archive
Link to Andy’s author archive
Link to Jelly Roll wiki
Link to Ben on baseball pizza discounts
Link to Taco Bell promotion wiki
Link to Jessica Simpson quote
Link to Zoolander clip
Link to Eddings wiki
Link to Eddings article 1
Link to Eddings article 2
Link to Eddings article 3
Link to Eddings article 4
Link to umpire retirements
Link to Ben on ABS
Link to Gattis on Kershaw
Link to banging-scheme site
Link to banging-scheme research 1
Link to banging-scheme research 2
Link to banging-scheme research 3
Link to banging-scheme research 4
Link to Noggin Boss
Link to MLB Isoblox cap
Link to “dadhat” definition
Link to The Sun Never Sets wiki
Link to Joe Swanberg wiki
Link to mumblecore wiki
Link to Fennessey on mumblecore
Link to automatic double wiki
Link to Snapple on reaching base
Link to SABR on reaching base
Link to Enders on reaching base
Link to Marte article 1
Link to Marte article 2
Link to Marte article 3
Link to Marte article 4
Link to double summit wiki
Link to Sam on bad challenges
Link to Sam on pitcher mistakes
Link to Sam on strike rates
Link to Tango on miss distance
Link to Sam on Kershaw mistakes
Link to Andy on aces
Link to Ohtani pitching update
Link to Sam on two-way Ohtani
Link to Beyond the Scrum
Link to Sportswriters Blues
Link to “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”

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melyacht
16 hours ago

The Royals are still going strong with the Sonic Slam Inning. Jonathan India’s foremost contribution this season was winning $25k for some random schmo in Olathe, KS.

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