Effectively Wild Episode 1928: Boras, Boldenone, Boondoggles, and Bo

With Meg Rowley off, Ben Lindbergh talks to three guests: James Wagner (4:55) of the New York Times about Scott Boras puns in the paper of record, why players who test positive for PEDs have disproportionately been from the Dominican Republic, and why players wear perfume and cologne on the field; Ian Araujo (41:46) about the origins, appeal, process, and future of his viral TikTok videos about identifying sports games in the backgrounds of movies and TV shows; and Jeff Pearlman (1:20:24) about his new biography of Bo Jackson , The Last Folk Hero , Jackson’s life and career, separating Bo facts from Bo fiction, and hypotheticals about Bo, plus a closing baseball news brief (1:59:45) and a Past Blast from 1928. Audio intro : The Americans, “ Guest of Honor ” Audio interstitial 1 : Jim Lauderdale, “ If You Look Real Close ” Audio interstitial 2 : Boogie Down Productions, “ Bo! Bo! Bo! ” Audio ioutro : Crowded House, “ Be My Guest (Home Demo) ” Link to Alden’s list of Boras puns Link to video of Nimmo pun Link to Correa’s Dior line Link to James’s NYT pun mention Link to Boras episode of EW Link to James’s PED/DR article Link to NYT article on Tatis Link to James on perfume/cologne Link to Ian’s TikTok account Link to The Athletic on Ian Link to Ian’s The Office video Link to Mel Magazine on Ian Link to Ben’s Elementary article Link to The Irishman Reddit thread Link to Defector on the buzzer-beater Link to second buzzer-beater story Link to Hilbert’s problems wiki Link to baseball Hilbert’s problems Link to article on TikTok security Link to The Last Folk Hero Link to Seitzer/Jackson excerpt Link to Bo’s tweet about autographs Link to 91-yard TD video Link to Bo scaling the wall Link to Jeff’s website Link to The Bad Guys Won Link to “Sho Knows” t-shirt Link to Astudillo report Link to MLBTR on Click Link to Jay Jaffe on Click Link to MLBTR on Powers Link to Dan Szymborski on Kershaw Link to FTX bankruptcy report Link to FTX sponsorship news Link to MLB/FTX press release Link to Ohtani/FTX press release Link to Emma’s tweet Link to tweet about Triple-A ABS Link to J.R.’s World Series data Link to 1928 story source Link to SABR on the DH rule Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20) Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source