Effectively Wild Episode 552: Your Playoff-Related Emails, Answered
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about the postseason.
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Effectively Wild Episode 552: Your Playoff-Related Emails, Answered
Ben and Sam answer listener emails about the postseason.
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Effectively Wild Episode 551: Debating Postseason Unpredictability and Decisive Game Fours
Ben, Sam, and Zachary Levine discuss whether the postseason is too unpredictable and then break...
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Effectively Wild Episode 550: An NLDS Progress Report
Ben and Sam banter about Terrance Gore's future, then discuss Clayton Kershaw and the Cardinals...
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Effectively Wild Episode 549: ALDS Postmortems and the Rest of Baseball's Big Weekend
Ben and Sam marvel at a wild baseball weekend and dissect the ALDS sweeps.
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Effectively Wild Episode 548: How Game Ones Were Won, Plus NLDS Discussion
Ben and Sam banter about MLB's AFL experiment, then discuss what went down in the ALDS and...
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Effectively Wild Episode 547: The ALDS Discussion Show
Ben and Sam discuss the NL wild card game, Adam Dunn, and the suffering of Oakland fans, then...
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Effectively Wild Episode 546: The Wildest Wild Card Game
Ben and Sam discuss the thrilling AL wild card game.
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Effectively Wild Episode 545: The AL Play-In Game Preview Show
Ben and Sam discuss the AL wild-card showdown between the A's and the Royals.
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Effectively Wild Episode 544: Cole, Altuve, and Other Season-Ending Excitement
Ben and Sam discuss the Pirates' decision to start Gerrit Cole, the Astros' decision to sit (and...
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Effectively Wild Episode 543: The GM-for-Top-Prospect Trade
Ben and Sam banter about the most famous players, then talk about the relative value of top...
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Effectively Wild Episode 542: Our Biggest Mistakes of the Season (So Far)
Ben and Sam banter about Matt Kemp, Phil Hughes, and the wild card races, then talk about their...
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Effectively Wild Episode 541: The Invisible Shift, Chipper vs. Jeter, and Other Listener Emails
Ben and Sam discuss the shift and answer listener emails about instant replay, wild cards,...
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Effectively Wild Episode 540: The Braves Fire Frank Wren
Ben and Sam discuss the Braves' decision to dismiss GM Frank Wren.
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Effectively Wild Episode 539: Instant Replay and the Pennant Race
Ben and Sam banter about Kolten Wong and the scout who signed Mike Trout, then talk about a...
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Effectively Wild Episode 538: Nate Silver, By Popular Demand
Ben and Sam talk to Nate Silver about baseball analysis and the first six months of FiveThirtyEight.
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Effectively Wild Episode 537: Sean McIndoe on the NHL's Analytics Awakening
Ben and Michael Baumann talk to Grantland lead hockey writer Sean McIndoe about the rise of...
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Effectively Wild Episode 536: Manager Challenges, MVP Pitchers, and Other Exciting Emails
Ben and Sam answer emails about Derek Jeter, manager challenges, the closer role, pitcher MVPs,...
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Effectively Wild Episode 535: Reassessing the Retirement Tour
Ben and Sam evaluate the Derek Jeter retirement tour as it begins to come to a close.
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Effectively Wild Episode 534: Ned Yost, Clayton Kershaw, and Russell Martin's Most Shape
Ben and Sam compare Kershaw to Pedro and discuss Ned Yost's bullpen usage, Russell Martin's...
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Effectively Wild Episode 533: Life in an Indy League
Ben and Sam talk to 2014 St. Paul Saints pitcher Andy Johnson about what life is like in the...
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