Effectively Wild Episode 2248: Target Acquired

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about how a lot Shohei Ohtani’s teammates helped him win his third MVP award, his unbelievable four-season stretch, whether or not Dekopin/Decoy is admittedly his canine, the opposite MVP and Cy Younger outcomes, a Joey Meneses signing, Austin Slater and the virtues of being a workforce’s “prime goal,” the Rays’ confounding stadium technique, the various pronunciations of “envelope,” a listener query about RSN possession, the seventh annual Successfully Wild Secret Santa, and extra, plus a postscript Stat Blast (1:15:40) about gamers whose complete MLB careers had been confined to “non-MLB” ballparks.

Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Successfully Wild Theme”Audio outro: Grant Brisbee, “Successfully Wild Theme”

Hyperlink to Ohtani interviewLink to Ohtani quoteLink to preseason projectionsLink to Episode 2140Dekopin clipLink to MLB.com on OhtaniLink to AL MVP votingLink to NL MVP votingLink to AL Cy votingLink to NL Cy votingLink to MLBTR on MenesesLink to Sox Machine on SlaterLink to Rays letter storyLink to DRaysBay on funding 1Link to DRaysBay on funding 2Link to Calcaterra on the RaysLink to Manfred on the RaysLink to Joe on the RSN eraLink to Rangers RSN storyLink to ROOT scheduleLink to Ben Zimmer’s websiteLink to Ben on WolfeLink to first pronunciationLink to second pronunciationLink to summer time sausage episodeLink to Secret Santa sign-up formLink to listener emails databaseLink to 2020-only playersLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to Andrew Lowden’s coverLink to “The Good in Everybody”Hyperlink to Stat Blast parks listLink to Stat Blast gamers listLink to Reddit remark

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