Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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Ben Lindbergh talks to Rays pitcher Zack Littell (4:33) about his expectation-surpassing conversion from relieving to starting and his affinity for cruise ships. Then (23:33) Ben brings on author and film critic Noah Gittell to discuss his new book about baseball movies and American culture, Baseball: The Movie, followed by six Stat Blasts with frequent Stat Blast correspondent Ryan Nelson (1:16:14).
Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”
Link to Ben Clemens on Littell
Link to MLBTR on Littell
Link to underrated-Rays post
Link to Rays WAR leaders
Link to Littell pitch usage
Link to Littell cruises article
Link to Rays pitcher dev info
Link to more on Rays pitcher dev
Link to even more on Rays dev
Link to down-the-middle pitching
Link to Rays catching technique
Link to Orioles catching technique
Link to Royals catching technique
Link to Little Big League scene
Link to Little Big League wiki
Link to Baseball: The Movie
Link to Noah’s website
Link to Noah’s Substack
Link to Brad Lesley tweet
Link to Passion baseball article
Link to more Ben on baseball movies
Link to Guy Russo’s Stat Blast cover
Link to ballpark cycles sheet
Link to 1-0 losses sheet
Link to Mets perspective gamer
Link to Pirates perspective gamer
Link to Breslin’s Mets book
Link to Ks plus ER sheet
Link to post on Feller start
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to cLI explainer
Link to cLI sheet
Link to Kenny Jackelen on Twitter
Link to first hits allowed sheet
Link to Cox MLB.com story
Link to Cox post 1
Link to Cox post 2
Link to Blanco stat
Link to Michael Eisen on Twitter
Link to listener emails database
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form
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Effectively Wild Episode 2172: No LOLMetsing Matter
Effectively Wild Episode 2171: The Tipping Point
Effectively Wild Episode 2170: Making it Official
Effectively Wild Episode 2169: Play Big, Windbigler
Effectively Wild Episode 2168: The National (TV) Pastime
Effectively Wild Episode 2167: All Tuckered Out
Effectively Wild Episode 2166: Delayed Gratifi-K-tion
Effectively Wild Episode 2165: The Bunt Stops Here
Effectively Wild Episode 2164: The Batcast Era
Effectively Wild Episode 2162: The Kershaw Narrative
Effectively Wild Episode 2161: The State of Stadium Funding
Effectively Wild Episode 2160: Mail Call
Effectively Wild Episode 2159: The Bees and the Birds
Effectively Wild Episode 2158: Small Sausage Size
Effectively Wild Episode 2157: Sophomore Lumps
Effectively Wild Episode 2156: Pluses and Minuses
Effectively Wild Episode 2155: Just for (Slow) Starters
Effectively Wild Episode 2154: Sliding Doors and Sliding Home
Effectively Wild Episode 2153: Whoops it Up
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