Effectively Wild Episode 1711: Strip Search

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about MLB’s much-maligned All-Star Game uniforms and a pair of odd games, discuss the highs and lows of the first few days of MLB’s enforced foreign-substance ban (with special attention to Max Scherzer , Joe Girardi , and Sergio Romo ), review Wander Franco ’s debut and note the less-hyped arrivals of Lars Nootbaar and knuckleballer Mickey Jannis , relate a Jesse Winker home-run prediction, and close by exploring the ways in which the first-place Houston Astros, to the dismay of many Astros haters, are still very good. Audio intro : Slothrust, " New Red Pants " Audio outro : The Donnas, " Hot Pants " Link to ASG uniforms Link to Angels game story Link to Nats-Phillies game story Link to Manfred on sticky-stuff enforcement Link to Rizzo on Girardi Link to video of Scherzer and Romo Link to video of Ohtani inspection Link to Simpsons scene Link to Ben on Jannis and the knuckleball Link to Javier’s headshot Link to Zach Kram on the Astros 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