Effectively Wild Episode 2078: Drought Conditions

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about saying the wrong episode number in the intro to Episode 2077 and the definition of a title drought, then answer listener emails (18:45) about whether it would make sense to choose a bye in the playoffs if your opponent got to draft a player from the team it defeated, letting a non-playoff team into the playoffs via a lottery, a lineup set by the opposing team’s manager, a NOBLETIGER technicality, placing trampolines on the field, tagging a runner on an object you placed on them, a slugger setting a single-minded goal to break the single-season home run record, loving baseball but not MLB, international talent vs. minor league talent, and Clayton Kershaw playing a partial season à la Roger Clemens . Audio intro : Xavier LeBlanc, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Harold Walker, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Temporal Loom explainer Link to anniversary-gift explainer Link to types of droughts Link to lineup-optimization post Link to more on lineup optimization Link to EW wiki trampoline page Link to NOBLETIGER thread Link to Semien tag explainer Link to Semien tag video Link to EW episode on Rendon Link to league-quality comparison Link to 2007 article on Clemens Link to Clemens announcing return Link to MLBTR on Hill in 2024 Link to EW emails database Link to Ben on Jagger Link to Ben on Super Mario Bros. Wonder 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