Effectively Wild Episode 1967: Season Preview Series: Angels and Red Sox (Plus Joe West)

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Yu Darvish’ s extension, then continue their 2023 season preview series by discussing the Los Angeles Angels (10:11) with The Athletic’ s Sam Blum and the Boston Red Sox (59:32) with The Boston Globe ’s Alex Speier , plus a Past Blast (1:47:29) from 1967, an impromptu chat between Ben and former MLB umpire Joe West about whether/why West edited his own Wikipedia page (1:50:12), and a few follow-ups (2:11:42). 2023 EW Season Preview Series AL BAL CHW ATH BOS CLE HOU NYY DET LAA TBR KCR SEA TOR MIN TEX NL ATL CHC ARI MIA CIN COL NYM MIL LAD PHI PIT SDP WSN STL SFG .intro-team, .intro-team td { font-family: lato, Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .intro-team .intro-header { /*display: none;*/ text-align: center; } .team-lg { text-align: center; width: 100%; } /* [class^="team-box-"] > div { display: inline-block; width: 48%; } [class^="team-box-"] > div table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; } [class^="team-box-"] > div td { background-color: #efefef; border: 1px solid #ccc; line-height: 2; text-align: center; cursor: default; } [class^="team-box-"] > div a { color: #000; text-decoration: none; display: block; width: 100% } [class^="team-box-"] > div a:hover { color: #50ae26; } [class^="team-box-"] > div a.link-inactive { color: #aaa; } */ Audio intro : Lord Huron, “ Not Dead Yet ” Audio interstitial : The Thrills, “ This Year ” Audio outro : Frank Sinatra, “ Maybe This Time ” Link to MLBTR on Darvish Link to MLBTR on Yamamoto Link to Baumann on FA pitchers Link to FG team projections Link to payroll rankings Link to Angels offseason tracker Link to Angels depth chart Link to Sam on Neto Link to Sam’s previous EW episode Link to Petriello on the Angels Link to Heyman on Moreno Link to Sam’s author archive Link to Red Sox offseason tracker Link to Red Sox depth chart Link to Alex’s author archive Link to Alex on Devers Link to Alex on the bullpen Link to Alex on Yoshida Link to Eno on the volatile Sox Link to Homegrown Link to 1967 article source Link to other 1967 article source Link to Stanky Draft EW episode Link to David Lewis’s Twitter Link to David Lewis’s Substack Link to Joe West Reddit thread Link to West’s Wikipedia page Link to Crewchief22 talk page Link to Carew ejection story Link to NFLPA logo Link to baseball exceptionalism wiki Link to guest/predictions spreadsheet Link to prediction averages spreadsheet 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