Effectively Wild Episode 1950: Well, We Tried

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Hall of Famer Jim Palmer ‘s endorsement of Netflix series Emily in Paris , a questionable Cubs-related baseball scene in the EiP series premiere, a Royals rookie record and a follow-up on Harold Ramírez ’s hair, Ben’s latest former major leaguer Facebook friend recommendations, another way in which baseball is unique (or at least highly unusual) among major sports, defenders “taking away” hits from batters, the plateau in MLB’s percentage of international players, alternative baseball halls of fame, the Tigers trying and failing to sign Jean Segura , “purchasing” players vs. trading players, and more, plus a Past Blast from 1950. Audio intro : Smoking Popes, “ Letter to Emily ” Audio outro : Silver Jews, “ Strange Victory, Strange Defeat ” Link to Palmer’s tweet Link to second Palmer tweet Link to Roeper tweet Link to sports bar scene Link to Gallagher tweet Link to Bote homer Link to Hudgens/Tucker info Link to 25 Days of Bingemas Link to SATC scene Link to EW SATC mention Link to KY3 on Royals rookies Link to AP on Royals rookies Link to story on Royals rookie duo Link to team rookie homers Link to Stathead on rookie homers Link to Ramírez hair story Link to preorder The New Ballgame Link to Russell’s first book Link to info on courtesy runners Link to Retrosheet courtesy runners Link to EW on baseball uniqueness Link to info on international players Link to HoF ballot tracker Link to latest Rolen projection Link to Hall of Stats Link to Darowski EW episode Link to Shrine of the Eternals Link to Hall of Merit Link to O.J. HoF info Link to character clause info Link to Passan on the character clause Link to Ben’s 2021 ballot explanation Link to Ben’s earlier ballot mention Link to MLBTR on the Tigers Link to 1950 story source Link to SABR on psychologists Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Sponsor Us on Patreon 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