Effectively Wild Episode 2220: The Baseball Layers of The Onion

In a bonus EW episode, Ben Lindbergh talks to screenwriter and former editor-in-chief of The Onion Robert Siegel about his classic Onion opinion piece, “In My Day, Ballplayers Were For Shit,” how The Onion used to approach sports coverage, the importance of headlines and stock photos, satirizing baseball vs. satirizing other sports, why The Onion hasn’t lost its fastball, and more, plus (55:53) a postscript. Audio intro : Josh Busman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to “In My Day” article Link to “Take Me Out” song Link to The Onion baseball archive Link to Siegel’s IMDb Link to Siegel’s wiki Link to 2003 Yankees story Link to Counsell story Link to Brock AB story Link to warehouse fire story Link to “No Way to Prevent This” Link to Congress/Capitol story Link to Ripken story 1 Link to Ripken story 2 Link to Little Leaguer story Link to T-ball headline Link to Onion popularity story Link to Our Dumb Century Link to ODC archive Link to “Heartbreaking” photo wiki Link to Ben on Sloan Link to Facebook favorites thread Link to Reddit favorites thread Link to NotGraphs favorites post Link to Angell’s boyhood memories Link to Ben on talent over time Link to Ottavino claim Link to Tungsten Arm article Link to Dunne at Fanatics Fest Link to Ben on Marvel stans Link to Grantland on dying baseball Link to SI on dying baseball Link to Ohtani futures bet photo Link to first-pitch injury Link to Chourio prediction Link to Holliday prediction Link to Shania song Link to Ryan’s Twitter thread Link to CV wiki 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