Effectively Wild Episode 2502: The Cycle of Major League Life

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about failed former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt’s subsequent sports ownership endeavors, a claim about Jacob Misiorowski’s pitching improvement, Jackson Chourio (batting lefty) as “a baseball player,” the recent struggles of Paul Skenes and Steven Kwan, Justin Verlander’s retirement, Zack Wheeler’s continued dominance, Andrew McCutchen’s return to the minors, the Orioles’ lack of improvement, the epitome of a Little League home run, Tyler Tolbert’s contribution to one of baseball’s great mysteries, and a 2026 Dodgers first.

Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to McCourt’s new league
Link to McCourt wiki
Link to show jumping wiki
Link to Vladimir Shpunt article
Link to NPR on Fitzgerald’s quote
Link to Nickelodeon Guts wiki
Link to “Let’s go to Mo”
Link to “Aggro Crag piece
Link to Slippery Stairs video
Link to Murphy/Chourio quote
Link to Rendon lefty dinger
Link to Mr. Baseball wiki
Link to Mr. Baseball scene
Link to FG post on Skenes
Link to Sheehan on Skenes
Link to Skenes mechanics post
Link to Skenes velo tweet
Link to Skenes velo data
Link to Skenes on his velo
Link to Skenes on O’Hearn
Link to O’Hearn article
Link to Skenes hot dog ad
Link to Skenes on EW
Link to Griffin injury article
Link to sagittal band info
Link to FG post on Kwan
Link to Verlander’s retirement post
Link to Verlander Legend pick
Link to 2025 ASG box score
Link to Wheeler leaderboard
Link to Wheeler ASG article 1
Link to Wheeler ASG article 2
Link to McCutchen tweet
Link to Orioles record post
Link to Orioles WAR leaders
Link to “great call from the haters”
Link to LLHR article
Link to LLHR video
Link to Sam on the LLHR
Link to Posnanski on the LLHR
Link to BP on the LLHR
Link to FG post on the LLHR
Link to Tolbert record post 1
Link to Tolbert record post 2
Link to Dodgers extra-inning game

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