Effectively Wild Episode 2333: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the In-Game Interview

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about good news and bad news for Ben’s recent Meet a Major Leaguer subject Christian Montes De Oca, Craig Kimbrel’s short-lived return to Atlanta, the promotions of Roman Anthony and Jacob Misiorowski and a proposal for automatic call-ups, Denzel Clarke’s incredible catch and extreme stat line (and the nature of quantifying defense), Jhonkensy Noel’s offensive outage, two uncommon occurrences involving baseballs in strange places, Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s mic’ed-up error, Clayton Kershaw’s payback against the Cardinals, and (1:10:26) “Hometown Hero,” a baseball-themed episode of Poker Face.

Audio intro: Garrett Krohn, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MaML episode
Link to Montes De Oca debut
Link to MLBTR on Montes De Oca
Link to The Athletic on Kimbrel
Link to BP on Kimbrel
Link to MLBTR on Kimbrel
Link to Orioles/Braves episode
Link to O’s/Braves since 5/6
Link to Anthony homer
Link to Misiorowski pitch
Link to Clarke catch
Link to Arneson posts
Link to A’s sprint speed leaderboard
Link to FRV leaderboard
Link to Clarke on-pace projection
Link to Sam on Clarke
Link to 2015 Trout robbery
Link to GMJ robbery
Link to White robbery
Link to JBJ robbery
Link to Pillar robbery
Link to Schanuel bat training
Link to worst wRC+ ranking
Link to Weathers story
Link to Weathers clip
Link to fan-thrown-ball story
Link to fan-thrown-ball clip
Link to Jazz error
Link to Ben on in-game interviews
Link to Kershaw story
Link to Kershaw clip
Link to Kershaw velo
Link to Panthers/Oilers fights
Link to Bing Bong explainer
Link to Hang Up and Listen
Link to recent reinstatements
Link to “Hometown Hero” wiki
Link to “Hometown Hero” IMDb

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