Meg Rowley

@megrowler.fangraphs.com

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Editor-in-Chief of @fangraphs.com, co-host of @ewpod.bsky.social patreon.com/effectivelywild

The Phanatic and a group of Revolutionary War reenactors jumping around to Jump Around
Mariners outfielder Randy Arozarena sprinting across the field at Citizens Bank Park toward the American League All-Star team photo
Effectively Wild patreon exit survey that says: meg reached new heights of insufferability. you can’t be pro player and say that guys need to go on the restricted list for speaking out against degeneracy. i’ll be back when there’s a new host.
Giants pitcher JT Brubaker, a special little birthday boy, surprised people are still talking about his Pride Night hat protest: “We felt there wasn’t going to be as much kickback on it. … Players have done it in the past and it didn’t seem like it was blown up that big. … At the end of the day, I just want this to be done and over with. We’re here to play baseball. This is going on almost a week now. Just play ball, that’s all I want to do.”
Screenshot of Oklahoma pitcher Cord Rager’s player page
Photo of USA-Paraguay match showing “VAR Review - Mistaken Identity”
Baby Godzillas from 1998's Godzilla movie, eating popcorn and being dinos in Madison Square Garden
screenshot of Oregon catcher Burke-Lee Mabeus's player page
Big guys, tiny desk
fucked up AI slop version of my own face
Dylan Cease with a Tombstone-ass mustache
Screenshot of Framebridge's homepage showing that you can frame a variety of objects and art types. A Mike Trout Angels jersey sits above a caption that says "little league jersey."
Screenshot of the header art for a piece written by Fabian Ardaya and Eno Sarris at The Athletic on why left-handed pitchers throw fewer splitters. The art shows a blue left hand and a red right hand, each holding a baseball.
three Baltimore Orioles almost colliding in left field, but avoiding it by two of them leaping over the third
A bunch of flyers and penguins in the penalty box
gchat exchange with Craig Goldstein where I tell Craig "this is the funniest crime in the history of crime, fraud froyo company, i am WEAK" and Craig replies "FAUX-YO" to which I reply, "THERE IT IS"
picture of Luciano Pavarotti's "Pagliacci" album cover
Screenshot from the Sopranos of Tony whooping it up with the caption “inarticulate Italian noises”
GIF of FanGraphs Lab logo, showing a white beaker filling with purple as a cursor moves over it
Screenshot of the news section of Ryan Sloan's FanGraphs player page, which says "Injury: Eye, Out"
screenshot of FanGraphs showing seasonal banner option
screenshot of the seasonal FanGraphs site header showing the Arizona desert with cacti, butte, and sun
Screenshot of the FanGraphs homepage displaying a Prospect Week navigation widget
Screenshot from a Ken Rosenthal piece in The Athletic, quoting Mariners president of baseball operations, that says: To top it all off, Monday was Dipoto’s 35th wedding anniversary. “It was a good day … like most other groundhog days in my adult life,” he said.
screenshot of a Member comment on FanGraphs from Insert Witty Name Here that says "Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I read this on company time!"
Peter Lorre looking perturbed
Still of Ichabod Crane from Disney’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow, who looks like Kyle Tucker
Screenshot of Justin Turner's FanGraphs player page, showing a very casual Turner wearing a backwards baseball cap.
Photo of Stripe, a gross little guy, from Gremlins
picture of actor Peter Lorre, who looks like Miami quarterback Carson Beck
Picture of a TV showing the title card for the film “War of the Gargantuas”
screenshot of the FanGraphs Walk-Off feature showing my busiest month on the site as July
Screenshot of fangraphs.com's home page showing festive Christmas lights hanging from the navigation bar, a cartoon snowman made of baseballs with a red scarf on in a snow drift above it, and a banner for FanGraphs Walk-Off, a Member feature like Spotify Wrapped but for baseball sickos.
Screenshot of a Slack message from me to Davy Andrews, the author of this piece asking: "here, wouldn't a zombie be able to survive losing an arm? do we need to add an aside about how one-armed zombies are still a threat?: Zombie flesh is notoriously detachable. But it’s hard to see that trick working more than two or three times before the zombies get wise. You can do better."
A screenshot from Slack of Jon Becker saying "the biggest fuck you to me would be making it a not-round number on top of this" and then immediately sharing a tweet from Ken Rosenthal indicating Josh Naylor is getting $92.5 million. He then says "COME ON," to which I reply "LOLLLLLLLL."
screenshot of a criminal indictment of Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz that refers to "the MLB"
Archie, the Reno Aces’ terrifying, huge-mouthed mascot
Screenshot of an email from the company that administers my QSEHRA benefits that says "Open Enrollment is around the corner, which means it is almost time to shop for and enroll in a health insurance plan for 2026. We love this season and look forward to supporting you as you select your health insurance for the upcoming year."
Screenshot of the subject line from an MLB PR email that says "2025 World Series Media to Be Held in Toronto on Thursday." The missing "Day" makes it read as a threat/enticing promise.
A super jacked blue jays fan
Screenshot of Jorge Polanco with a score bug that shows “Little (the pitcher)” and Polanco stacked
Instagram ad for a company selling MLB team headbands, featuring a Los Angeles Angels headband and the text "Are you ready of the playoffs?" The Angels are very much not ready for the playoffs.
Screenshot of an MLB alert that says “Ohtani in the outfield? Shohei Ohtani says he would be open to playing outfield in the postseason.”
Portion of an article about misconduct toward women in the Detroit Tigers organization that says: At that group’s first meeting, several women expressed the need for paid maternity leave and women’s feminine products in bathrooms. The requests, according to multiple women present, went unfulfilled.
Screenshot of Hollywood Reporter piece on Inception Point AI that says “We believe that in the near future half the people on the planet will be AI, and we are the company that’s bringing those people to life,” said CEO Jeanine Wright, who was previously chief operating officer of podcasting company Wondery, which has recently had to reorganize under the changing podcast landscape.”
Sign that says “My Dr. Now coming soon”
Screenshot of google sheet asking if I'd like to convert something to dropdown chips, which I have never wanted to do.
screenshot of an MLB dot com headline about the Diamondbacks' Blaze Alexander that says "In sophomore season, Blaze's flame keep on growing"
the homepage of FanGraphs, with birthday balloons
A picture of me at the MLB draft with Blooper, the Braves’ flesh-monster of a mascot, over my shoulder
A screenshot of a text sent at 11:55 AM local time, importantly after Republicans in the house voted to pass their bullshit murder spending bill, that says: "Hakeem Jeffries is holding the House floor after 8 HOURS against Trump's bill! BACK HIM UP >>" with a link to a fundraising site and "Dems 2025" at the end.
Photo of Guardians catcher Austin Hedges wearing a chest protector that has “HOG” embroidered on the collar
Wyatt Langford of the Texas Rangers leaps over Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda. He was called safe.
NBA halftime desk with lots of big people
screen shot from a Dan Wetzel ESPN piece on Pete Rose with this dumb-ass argument: Yes, sports wagering is always a concern and was once a major taboo. But public opinion and business realities changed. There are sportsbooks inside MLB stadiums these days, including, for a stretch, with Rose's old team in Cincinnati.