Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and listener Michael Mountain banter about Michael’s proposal for Effectively Wild listener ballpark meetups during the 2024 MLB season, followed by (7:24) Michael’s guest Stat Blasts about the best non-award-winning players, his all-time player tiers, and Hall of Famers (and HoF candidates) who excelled or flopped at leading their leagues at their respective positions. Then (36:17) Ben and Meg talk to Brian Moritz about his prediction/warning that a major sports-betting journalism scandal could be coming.

Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to listener-meetup form

Link to Michael on Episode 1263

Link to undecorated players sheet

Link to EW Episode 964

Link to Bill James proposal

Link to reworked tiers

Link to league leaders sheet

Link to Hall of Stats shutdown

Link to Eight Men Out wiki

Link to Brian’s Nieman Lab piece

Link to Brian’s 2022 piece

Link to Brian at St. Bonaventure

Link to Sports Media Guy

Link to WSJ on journalist inside info

Link to story on BBWAA rules

Link to story on ESPN rules

Link to story on Chams

Link to newsroom betting policies

Link to tweet about Curb betting

Link to “fading” definition

Link to MLBTR on Stroman

Link to over/under draft results

Link to Ben on arbitration

Link to Stat Blast song cover

Link to all Stat Blast covers

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