Effectively Wild Episode 1800: All of This Has Happened Before

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley lean into the lockout by exploring two antecedents to today’s MLB labor stalemate. First, they banter with Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated about whether the Hall of Fame Vote Tracker has helped or hurt Hall of Fame conversations, then talk to Emma about the Players’ League, a short-lived but groundbreaking 19th-century rival to the National League that was founded by and for players, touching on the origins of the reserve clause, the Players’ League’s rapid rise and fall, where it went wrong, and whether a Players’ League equivalent could be created today (plus Joe Torre ’s proto-keto diet and catching fly balls with one’s cap). Lastly (52:32), they bring on Dayn Perry of CBS Sports to talk about the 50th anniversary of MLB’s first work stoppage, exploring what caused the 1972 strike, how the circumstances then mirrored today’s, and how the strike was covered (plus a mustache panic, entrance songs, and other notable events from 50 years ago). Audio intro : Al Stewart, “ A League of Notions ” Audio interstitial : Eleventh Dream Day, “ The People’s History ” Audio outro : The Inbreds, “ Moustache ” Link to Hall of Fame Vote Tracker Link to Emma on the Tracker Link to Buster Olney on the Tracker Link to Emma on the Players’ League Link to Emma’s previous pod appearance Link to Torre’s diet Link to John Montgomery Ward SABR bio Link to The Great Baseball Revolt Link to SI Union thread Link to story about 1940s Mexican League Link to Federal League wiki Link to Continental League wiki Link to antitrust exemption post Link to Casali facemask video Link to EW episode on throwing gloves Link to Drellich update Link to Dayn’s 1972 retrospective Link to The Infinite Inning episode Link to The Athletic ’s fan survey Link to Rosenthal column Link to Dayn’s website 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