Effectively Wild Episode 2073: Veeck As in Discotheque

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the abrupt end of Kim Ng’s tenure as the general manager of the Miami Marlins, Alyssa Nakken interviewing for the Giants’ manager job, the Rangers taking a 2-0 lead on the Astros in the ALCS, and the new Netflix documentary The Saint of Second Chances . Then (48:12) Ben talks to the documentary’s subject, baseball maverick Mike Veeck, about why he wanted to tell his up-and-down-and-up story, his legendary dad, Hall of Famer Bill Veeck, and the colorful Veeck clan, Disco Demolition Night, the origins of modern independent baseball, Darryl Strawberry ’s season with the St. Paul Saints, the secret to a great baseball promotion, the Savannah Bananas, whether MLB could ever have a Veeck-ian owner again, MLB’s control (and contraction) of the minor leagues, and more. Audio intro : Nate Emerson, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Josh Busman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Ghiroli on Ng Link to Passan on Ng Link to Kepner on Ng Link to MLBTR on Nakken Link to Ben Clemens on the Astros Link to Ken Rosenthal on Yordan Link to article on Jordan’s flu game Link to exploding-scoreboard video Link to The Saint of Second Chances Link to documentary trailer Link to MiLB.com on Mike Veeck Link to list of Veeck’s promotions Link to Vice on Disco Demolition Night Link to Ben on Bill Veeck 1 Link to Ben on Veeck 2 Link to Ben on Veeck 3 Link to Ben on Veeck 4 Link to SABR on the ’43 Phillies Link to BJO on book inaccuracies Link to SABR’s Bill Veeck bio Link to Craig Wright on Paige Link to EW interview about the Bananas Link to Veeck As in Wreck Link to The Hustler’s Handbook Link to Fun is Good Link to Mike’s website Link to playoff-stats spreadsheet Link to The Ringer-Verse podcast Link to House of R podcast 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