Effectively Wild Episode 1728: On Guardians

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Mets not signing first-round pick Kumar Rocker, owner Steve Cohen’s comment about the decision, and the amateur draft as a salary-suppressing institution, then discuss how injuries have destabilized some of the major end-of-season awards races. After that (31:51), they talk to Cleveland native (and Baseball Prospectus writer) Russell Carleton about his history as a fan of the team soon to be known as the Cleveland Guardians, when he changed his mind about changing its name, the real history of the old name, what he and other Clevelanders think of the new name, the potential for a rechristening in Atlanta, and more (plus a postscript on a record streak of alternating wins/losses). Audio intro : Bruce Springsteen, " I’m a Rocker " Audio interstitial : Blind Melon, " Change " Audio outro : Jackson Browne, " My Cleveland Heart " Link to report about the Mets and Rocker Link to story on Rocker’s future Link to story about later Mets selections Link to Steve Cohen tweet Link to Brendan Gawlowski on the draft Link to Joon Lee on Angels minor leaguers Link to Russell on minor league housing Link to stream Stove League Link to Russell on the Guardians Link to Joe Posnanski on the Guardians Link to Nancy Kelsey-Carroll on the Guardians Link to academic paper on Sockalexis Link to pictorial history of Chief Wahoo Link to the “Curse of Rocky Colavito” Link to the “Curse of Chief Wahoo” Link to story on “racist uncles” Link to Patrick Dubuque’s Guardians sketch Link to Guardians of Traffic history Link to story about the roller derby team Link to story about an Atlanta name change Link to longest alternating W-L streaks 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