About this episode
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about dogs, nieces, and nephews, their ambivalence about gambling and the future of gambling and real/fantasy baseball, the on-field and off-field excellence of Chris Paddack , the significance of Sinclair Broadcasting’s acquisition of 21 regional sports networks, the divisive Red Sox visit to the White House, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. ’s slow start and the paucity of strikes he’s seeing, the new and improved Joey Gallo , the latter-day Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera (and lineup protection), and baseball in Avengers: Endgame . Audio intro : Jellyfish, " I Wanna Stay Home " Audio outro : Tonedeff, " Politics " Link to Craig on Sinclair Link to Sinclair interview Link to Jay on Paddack Link to James Holzhauer article Link to article about the history of White House visits Link to Craig on Vlad Link to Ben on Trout’s 2011 Link to video of Bell’s dinger Link to Ben on Gallo Link to Eno on Gallo Link to Jay on the Nats Link to Dan on Cleveland vs. Minnesota Link to pitcher inside-the-parker 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