Effectively Wild Episode 2333: Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the In-Game Interview

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about excellent news and unhealthy information for Ben’s latest Meet a Main Leaguer topic Christian Montes De Oca, Craig Kimbrel’s short-lived return to Atlanta, the promotions of Roman Anthony and Jacob Misiorowski and a proposal for computerized call-ups, Denzel Clarke’s unimaginable catch and excessive stat line (and the character of quantifying protection), Jhonkensy Noel’s offensive outage, two unusual occurrences involving baseballs in unusual locations, Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s mic’ed-up error, Clayton Kershaw’s payback in opposition to the Cardinals, and (1:10:26) “Hometown Hero,” a baseball-themed episode of Poker Face.

Audio intro: Garrett Krohn, “Successfully Wild Theme”Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Successfully Wild Theme”

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