Editing Sam Miller

{{Host Infobox

  | title1=Sam Miller

  | image1=Sam headshot.jpg

  | caption1=Sam Miller

  | occupation=Writer, Free Agent

  | shows_hosted=[[:Category:Sam Miller Episodes|{{PAGESINCAT:Sam Miller Episodes}}]]

  | guest_appearances=10

  | first_appearance=[[1]]

  | twitter=[https://twitter.com/SamMillerBB @SamMillerBB]
 
}}Sam Miller co-founded the Effectively Wild podcast with [[Ben Lindbergh]] and served two stints as co-host.

During the course of the podcast, he went from being a staff writer at Baseball Prospectus to its editor-in-chief, replacing Ben, who left BP to join Grantland in the summer of 2014.

Sam and Ben co-authored the 2016 book, ''[[The Only Rule Is It Has to Work]]''.

Sam started out covering local education news for the ''Orange County Register'', then began writing about baseball and the Los Angeles [[Angels]]. He joined Baseball Prospectus in 2012, and then ESPN.com in 2016, where he was a columnist and feature writer. 

Sam grew up a San Francisco [[Giants]] fan in northern California and currently resides in Long Beach, CA.

== On the Podcast ==

Sam and Ben co-hosted the Effectively Wild podcast from its inception until the end of 2016 ([[Episode 1000: The Old and the New|Episode 1000]]), at which point he was replaced by [[Jeff Sullivan]] of FanGraphs.

After Jeff left to work for the Tampa Bay Rays, Sam returned to the co-host chair in March 2019 ([[Episode 1344: Something Old, Something New|Episode 1344]]), while also welcoming [[Meg Rowley]] as the third co-host.

Sam left the podcast unexpectedly in December 2020 due to being laid off by ESPN, but still being under contract and subject to a non-compete agreement which prevents him from covering baseball for any other organization. Ben and Meg discuss the matter in [[Episode 1625: Baseball After Dark|Episode 1625]].

Sam returned for [[Episode 1799: Miller's Crossing|Episode 1799]] to talk about his hiatus from covering baseball, how it had affected his fandom and love for the Giants, and to confirm that he would not return as a host of the show- or to covering baseball in general as a career. However, the door was left open for future guest appearances on the occasional episodes.

== Running jokes ==
* Initially, Sam recorded the podcast from inside his [[Honda Fit]], so as not to disturb his family.
* [[Episode 762: The Best Barry Bonds Facts|Sam's bike lock combo]] is Barry Bonds's 2004 OPS 

== Links ==
* [https://twitter.com/sammillerbb Sam on Twitter]
* [https://www.baseballprospectus.com/author/sam_miller/ Sam at Baseball Prospectus]
* [https://www.ocregister.com/author/sam-miller/ Sam at The Orange County Register]
*[https://pebblehunting.substack.com/ Sam’s back, on Substack]
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