Effectively Wild Episode 2244: Their Name is Mud

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley observe up on earlier banter about one of the best title for a president of each baseball and enterprise operations, then ship contemporary banter about how Derrek Lee’s 2005 RBI complete was an indication of its time, the place the Rays will play in 2025 and past, the Marlins’ new supervisor, and a slew of modest Angels signings. Then (48:02) they’re joined by UPenn professor and post-doctoral researcher, respectively, Douglas Jerolmack and Shravan Pradeep, to debate their latest analysis about how the game’s storied Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud works, its particular qualities, whether or not it might or must be synthesized, and extra.

Audio intro: Luke Lillard, “Successfully Wild Theme”Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Successfully Wild Theme”

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