Effectively Wild Episode 2384: Playoff Baseball is Cruel (But it Beats the Alternative)
Effectively Wild Episode 2384: Playoff Baseball is Cruel (But it Beats the Alternative)  
Podcast: Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Published On: Tue Oct 07 2025
Description: Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s recovery from illness and her ongoing emotional distress as a postseason spectator, then share their takeaways from the first two games of each ALDS and the first game of each NLDS. After that (51:15), Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie joins to talk about how he’s handling postseason stress, his thoughts on the Mariners season and playoff performance so far, the team he would root for if he weren’t an M’s fan, and whether he’d write a Mariners victory song, plus a postscript (1:31:15) on how Guardians fans are feeling. Audio intro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio interstitial: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme” Link to Langs on Yesavage Link to Ben on first-year pitchers Link to Passan on Roki’s reinvention Link to FG post on M’s-Tigers G2 Link to DCFC’s Mariners post Link to 2011 interview about DCFC’s name Link to “Ichiro’s Theme”  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Give a Gift Subscription  Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com  Effectively Wild Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  Apple Podcasts Feed   Spotify Feed  YouTube Playlist  Facebook Group  Bluesky Account  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch! var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source