Effectively Wild Episode 2528: The Roundtable Reunion

With Meg Rowley on vacation, Ben Lindbergh brings a few dearly departed baseball podcasts (briefly) back to life. First up: The Roundtable, featuring EW cofounder (and Pebble Hunting author) Sam Miller and The Athletic&#8217;s Grant Brisbee and Andy McCullough. Ben, Sam, Grant, and Andy discuss the worst and best ballpark promotions, Doug Eddings&#8217;s cap decree and bid to become MLB&#8217;s new infamous umpire, what 2026 taught us about ump importance, whether umps uphold unwritten rules, future revelations about the Astros&#8217; banging scheme, a trivia question in a new movie about the number of ways to reach base, Ketel Marte and the mountains teams try to climb, Sam&#8217;s recent writing about the boundaries of baseball performance, Andy&#8217;s ace updates, and Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s pitching outlook. Audio&nbsp;intro: Daniel Leckie, &#8220;Effectively Wild Theme&#8221; Audio&nbsp;outro: Austin Klewan, &#8220;Effectively Wild Theme&#8221; Link to The Roundtable archive Link to Roundtable cancellation post Link to Pebble Hunting Link to Grant&#8217;s author archive Link to Andy&#8217;s author archive Link to Jelly Roll wiki Link to Ben on baseball pizza discounts Link to Taco Bell promotion wiki Link to Jessica Simpson quote Link to Zoolander clip Link to Eddings wiki Link to Eddings article 1 Link to Eddings article 2 Link to Eddings article 3 Link to Eddings article 4 Link to umpire retirements Link to Ben on ABS <a href="https://dodgerblue.com/evan-gattis-astros-knew-clayton-kershaw-pitches-in-2017-world-series-against-dodgers/2023/04/12/" rel="noopener" target="