Effectively Wild Episode 1362: An Inelegant Blooper for a More Civilized Age

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mariners’ fun, surprising, and unsustainable start (and how it might affect the franchise), Austin Hedges’ chest protector, the extraordinary nature of Ozzie Albies’ extension, why he might have signed it, what it says about baseball’s economic market, and why we should care, the frustrating MLB/MiLB crackdown on sharing game video, Marcell Ozuna ’s weird week, whether we’re beyond the golden age of bloopers, and the Twins’ meltdown inning against the Mets. Audio intro : Sonny & The Sunsets, " Cheap Extensions " Audio outro : Herman’s Hermits, " Marcel’s " Link to Sam on creating MLB nicknames Link to Dan on the Albies extension Link to Craig on the Albies extension Link to Meg on baseball and politics Link to Ozuna blooper Link to story on highlights crackdown Link to summary of the Twins’ ugly inning Link to Dylan on FanGraphs Audio Link to preorder The MVP Machine iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source