Effectively Wild Episode 2385: Must-Win Shame

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the rampant overuse of the phrase “must-win game,” denying late timeouts, the Blue Jays’ victory over the Yankees, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. , a Yankees postmortem, Aaron Judge’ s partial postseason redemption, the athletic (and managerial) highlights and lowlights of the other ALDS and the two NLDSes, the swan song of October Clayton Kershaw , postseason sacrifice bunting, Bryce Harper ’s thoughts on childbirth, and more. Audio intro : Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Audio outro : The Shirey Brothers, “ Effectively Wild Theme ” Link to Passan’s Phillies tweet Link to Posnanski on comebacks from 0-2 Link to Vlad’s Yankees grudge Link to Vlad and Papi Link to Papi on Schlittler Link to Rosenthal on Judge Link to Sheehan on Judge Link to Rosenthal on the Yankees Link to The Ringer on Fox’s MLB panel Link to “clean your clock” etymology Link to Stott bunt explanation Link to Harper quote Link to Raleigh shirt story Link to infield-fly call Link to Stark fun fact Link to The West Wing scene Sponsor Us on Patreon Give a Gift Subscription Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com Effectively Wild Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki Apple Podcasts Feed Spotify Feed YouTube Playlist Facebook Group Bluesky Account Twitter Account Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source