Effectively Wild Episode 1957: Owners’ Groaners

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about passing the halfway point of the offseason, another way in which baseball is unusual among team sports, a few minor transactions, and (11:15) recent PR missteps by the Reds and Orioles owners’ respective sons. Then (39:16) they talk to writer Dan Moore about his reporting on public stadium subsidies, the financial cost of keeping teams in a city and the intangible cost of letting them leave, the architectural and economic legacies of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the soaring valuations of sports franchises, and the A’s ballpark situation, followed by (1:25:49) a Past Blast from 1957 and mascot banter. Audio intro : The Bootheels, “ Halfway There ” Audio interstitial : Television, “ Elevation ” Audio outro : Pit Pony, “ Profit ” Link to Kyle’s halfway-point post Link to Smyth’s halfway tweet Link to Sam on the pit Link to Castellini’s 2022 comments Link to new Castellini comments Link to projections fact-check Link to C. Trent on Castellini Link to Rosie Reds website Link to story on Orioles donation Link to Angelos lawsuit info Link to Connolly on Angelos Link to Angelos video Link to Angelos transcript Link to Forbes team valuations Link to Sportico team valuations Link to Dan on team moves Link to Dan on Camden Yards Link to Dan on team valuations Link to WaPo on the Nats’ sale Link to Will Carroll report Link to $1.2 billion Baltimore fund Link to more info on fund Link to Oakland grant news Link to A’s CBA deadline Link to latest on the Royals’ park Link to Missouri legislator comments Link to 2022 in stadium funding Link to Field of Schemes Link to Dan’s Oakland Roots article Link to Dan’s website Link to 1957 story source Link to Emmett Kelly wiki Link to Gritty wiki Link to Dandy article Link to other Dandy article Link to Bronxie article Link to Blooper and Duvall’s son Link to Buoy the Troll Link to post about Caillou 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