Effectively Wild Episode 1999: Meet a Maggi Leaguer

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Drew Maggi’s main league debut and whether or not there needs to be a method for different journeyman minor leaguers to make the majors extra simply, the story of short-lived Mariners mascot Spacey the Space Needle, the causes of a dramatic uptick in occurrences of catcher’s interference, Shohei Ohtani’s anti-pitch-tipping prowess, Jordan Walker’s demotion to the minors, the sluggish begins of the Cardinals and White Sox, and extra, plus (1:17:03) a Past Blast from 1999 and a query about celebrities on main league rosters.

Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to video of Maggi’s debut
Link to article about Maggi’s debut
Link to Reddit put up about Spacey
Link to 1990 Spacey article
Link to different 1990 Spacey article
Link to 1999 Spacey article
Link to video of stilts pitching
Link to video of stilts hitting
Link to Ben on pitcher roster limits
Link to Jay Jaffe on Ray
Link to interference spreadsheet
Link to CI at B-Ref
Link to CI rule data
Link to Jeff on CI in 2017
Link to Jeff on Ellsbury
Link to Emma on Senzel
Link to reach-on-error article
Link to Ben on one-knee framing
Link to knee-down catching data
Link to Grandal on CI
Link to Grandal on CI once more
Link to Jake & Jordan on CI
Link to pitch-tipping put up
Link to Suarez tweet
Link to different Suarez tweet
Link to 2019 Suarez article
Link to Walker pitch sorts
Link to article on Walker demotion
Link to different Walker article
Link to FG on the Cardinals OF
Link to playoff odds modifications
Link to 1998 Past Blast supply
Link to Past Blast supply, cont’d.
Link to AP piece on Brooks
Link to B-Ref Bullpen on Brooks
Link to Sam on baseball embarassment
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack