Successfully Wild Episode 2287: Season Preview Collection: Rangers and Pirates

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter concerning the finish of the Yankees’ beard ban, the potential finish of MLB’s enterprise relationship with ESPN, and whether or not the World Baseball Traditional ought to imitate the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off. Then they preview the 2025 Texas Rangers (50:07) with MLB.com’s Kennedi Landry, and the 2025 Pittsburgh Pirates (1:27:23) with Pittsburgh Baseball Now’s John Perrotto, plus a postscript (2:03:57) about Ben’s rising affection for Tigers righty John Brebbia.

2025 EW Season Preview Collection

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Audio intro: Ian Phillips, “Successfully Wild Theme
Audio interstitial 1: Austin Klewan, “Successfully Wild Theme
Audio interstitial 2: Alex Ferrin, “Successfully Wild Theme
Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Successfully Wild Theme

Hyperlink to Yankees announcement
Hyperlink to story on coverage change
Hyperlink to story on coverage origins
Hyperlink to Simpsons clip
Hyperlink to Gleyber photograph
Hyperlink to Castillo hair story
Hyperlink to Castro hair story
Hyperlink to McCutchen hair story
Hyperlink to Vlad/Yankees story
Hyperlink to Williams response
Hyperlink to ESPN opt-out story 1
Hyperlink to ESPN opt-out story 2
Hyperlink to Ben on the WBC
Hyperlink to Ben on Cling Up
Hyperlink to offseason spending
Hyperlink to FG payrolls web page
Hyperlink to Rangers depth chart
Hyperlink to Rangers offseason tracker
Hyperlink to Kennedi’s writer archive
Hyperlink to Pirates depth chart
Hyperlink to Pirates offseason tracker
Hyperlink to John’s writer archive
Hyperlink to Brebbia hyperlinks
Hyperlink to EW reward subscriptions

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