I'm an engine dry, bird, on a long run, on a long run

Would I work beside her?

She's a long one, such a long one

And if you don't love me, let me go

Would if you don't love me, let me go

Hello and welcome to episode 1257 of Effectively Wild

a baseball podcast from Fangrafts presented by our Patreon supporters

I am Ben Lemberg of the Ringer joined by Jeff Sullivan of Fangrafts Hello Jeff

Hi Ben, we are also joined by someone whose work we really enjoy and admire

Hopefully you have read it or soon will read it at baseball perspectives or the heart of times or vice

She is everywhere these days Rachel McDaniel, welcome to Effectively Wild

Hello, thanks for having me on

Thank you for joining us in the midst of wildfires that are ravaging your native territory of Vancouver

Which is very near and dear to my heart

I know that both of you are just enshrouded in some sort of toxic air right now

I hope that you are both safe and okay and that so is everyone around you

The air quality measurements are on the China scale right now

This is a good time to be working from home

Yeah it's great to look out the window and just see a bank of smoke drifting down from the sky

Yeah I get that here too but it's not from natural causes

Like if Ramon Louriana were to throw a baseball from where I'm sitting right now I couldn't see it land

So later in this episode we are bringing on Billy Bean

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