Effectively Wild Episode 2433: Off the Dome

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about their coming deliverance from a slow baseball news period, spring training as a spectator experience, and how the prelude to Opening Day has changed, then (12:43) answer emails about the many meanings of “back end” in baseball, an outfielder who repels batted balls, whether all rule violations constitute cheating, a playoff team composed of spoilers, and which positions the members of the Fellowship of the Ring would play, followed (1:16:01) by a Stat Blast about the Mets’ roster reconstruction and the history of high turnover.

Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2” Link to back end definitions Link to Magneto wiki Link to Magnetokinesis wiki Link to X-Men baseball history Link to Ben’s Mets article Link to Stat Blast data 1 Link to Stat Blast data 2 Link to Ben on turnover history Link to more on turnover history Link to Clemens on the Mets Link to Sherman on the Mets Link to Mets offseason history Link to Mets depth chart Link to projected pitcher playing time