Effectively Wild Episode 2076: Plunk Me Twice, Shame on You

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss assorted ALCS and NLCS action and playoff takeaways and trends, with an emphasis on Adolis García’ s heroics, the Rangers vanquishing the Astros, MLB’s handling of Bryan Abreu’ s suspension, and Craig Kimbrel ’s career (plus reactions to the Giants hiring Bob Melvin as their manager). Audio intro : The Shirey Brothers, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Gabriel-Ernest, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to García/Abreu video Link to Garver/Abreu video Link to Rosenthal on the suspension Link to Sam on being plunked Link to Gurriel suspension story Link to Ben Clemens on Yordan Link to Kelly exit video Link to Dusty retirement article Link to reliever JAWS leaders Link to MLBTR on Melvin 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