FanGraphs Audio: Emma Baccellieri on Matters of Political Influence

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November 28, 2018

Episode 845

Sports Illustrated writer Emma Baccellieri joins the program for a wide-ranging discussion, including MLB’s recent brush with campaign finance, the issues Emma is most curious to see play out this offseason, and the upcoming Winter Meetings in Las Vegas. Also, host Meg Rowley tells an Embarrassing Story.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximate 55 min play time.)

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Meg is the editor-in-chief of FanGraphs and the co-host of Effectively Wild. Prior to joining FanGraphs, her work appeared at Baseball Prospectus, Lookout Landing, and Just A Bit Outside. You can follow her on Bluesky @megrowler.fangraphs.com.

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Johnston
6 years ago

Campaign finance? Utterly irrelevant here, as this is not a political website. Stick to baseball.

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Meg RowleyFanGraphs Staff
6 years ago
Reply to  Johnston

Allow me to assure you that it is discussed within the context of baseball itself electing to stick to something else, and that other topics germane to the game are discussed as well.

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svanMember since 2020
6 years ago
Reply to  Johnston

did you ever listen to carson’s show? lol

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CamdenWarehouseMember since 2025
6 years ago
Reply to  svan

baseball? stick to tangents!

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baubo
6 years ago
Reply to  svan

The one podcast where Carson is forced to talk about baseball when he did the weekly Dave Cameron show, he just does a 10 minute “here’s what I did yesterday” monologue to start things off. It’s pretty hard for anyone to complain that FanGraphs audio lacks pure baseball contents after Carson.

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jgawelMember since 2020
6 years ago
Reply to  svan

Yeah, you really can’t hide behind that veil here. Just say that you’re uncomfortable that your politics may be challenged, so you’re angry.

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tb.25
6 years ago
Reply to  Johnston

Reading baseball at work? Disgustingly selfish. Stick to work.

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gavinrendar
6 years ago
Reply to  Johnston

I’m fine with the occasional political discussion if it’s relevant. I’m even fine with the speakers making their opinions known.

What does scare me (at least insofar as the how I enjoy this site) is the tone with which it occasionally happens in chats, articles, or podcasts. It sometimes becomes more of a lecturing or a scolding than an exploration of the issues themselves. I love Fangraphs, and I hope voiced concerns like these can be taken as constructive feedback as opposed to other comments which border on obnoxious complaints.

Thanks again for being the best site for hard baseball analysis!

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