Effectively Wild Episode 1784: Have You Heard The Rumor?

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the reasons for and consequences of MLB’s lack of compelling record chases (à la Alex Ovechkin’s in the NHL, Stephen Curry’s in the NBA, and Tom Brady’s in the NFL). Then (21:16) they talk to Sam Dingman and Mac Montandon , the hosts of The Rumor , a just-completed six-part narrative podcast about a rumor that a fight between Cal Ripken Jr. and Kevin Costner caused the Orioles to cancel a game to preserve Ripken’s consecutive-games streak, touching on the origins, prevalence, and plausibility of the rumor, their reporting process, baseball hero worship, the interviews they wish they could have done, the appeal of baseball rumors, ideas for The Rumor Season 2, and more. Audio intro : Ian Hunter, “ Old Legends Never Die ” Audio interstitial : The Records, “ Rumour Sets the Woods Alight ” Audio outro : Electric Light Orchestra, “ The Lights Go Down ” Link to Sam Miller on unbreakable records Link to Sam on hitting .400 Link to Sam on a 21-strikeout game Link to Neil Paine on Ovechkin Link to Zach Kram on Curry Link to USA Today on Brady Link to article on Franco’s on-base streak Link to research on days off and offense Link to The Rumor Link to Vulture interview about The Rumor Link to video of record-breaking Ripken game Link to Secret Base video about the rumor Link to Randy Johnson EW interview Link to story on Jeter’s gift baskets Link to “Yeah Jeets” story Link to Paul Pierce pooping story Link to Ripken’s 2001 ASG homer Link to article about “pipe shots” Link to Emma Baccellieri on baseball mud Link to Patreon trivia contest Link to Stove League teaser video Link to stream Stove League via Kocowa Link to stream Stove League via Viki 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