Effectively Wild Episode 1514: The Fictional Game Goes On

In the absence of real baseball (and with plenty of solitary time on fans’ hands), Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley devote an episode to three new fictional depictions of baseball, speaking to novelist Emily Nemens (9:18), the author of spring training tale The Cactus League , novelist Gish Jen (36:56), the author of dystopian baseball saga The Resisters , and actor Hank Azaria (1:08:59), the star of IFC TV series Brockmire , which is about to return for its futuristic fourth and final season. Audio intro : Belle and Sebastian, " Storytelling " Audio interstitial 1 : Lone Justice, " Cactus Rose " Audio interstitial 2 : Everclear, " Science Fiction " Audio interstitial 3 : Richard O’Brien, " Science Fiction/Double Feature " Audio outro : The Brian Jonestown Massacre, " Let’s Pretend That it’s Summer " Link to order The Cactus League Link to The Cactus League review Link to order The Resisters Link to The Resisters review Link to stream Brockmire Seasons 1-3 Link to stream the Brockmire Season 4 premiere Link to Ben on Brockmire Link to order 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