If lonelyness but were a claim

Then every one would go my name

I'd be a legend

In my time

Hello and welcome to episode 1400 of Effectively Wild

A baseball podcast and band graphs presented by our Patreon supporters

I am Ben Lemberg of the banger

joined by Meg Rally of Vangrass of the Nick

Hello, hope you all had a happy 4th of July

Later in this episode I will be talking to none other than Bud Seelig

Hall of Famer, former commissioner and author with Phil Rogers of a new memoir

that comes out next week for the good of the game

I was offered an opportunity to talk to Seelig and I took it

He is a very influential figure and I think a fascinating figure

Whatever you think of his legacy which is kind of complicated

So I think we will run that interview and then you and I will reassemble after that

to discuss what he said and what we think of his very long tenure in baseball

But before that a few frivolous things to get to for me

So I recently with my wife Jesse completed a binge of cheers

Which took us years I had somewhat fond memories of seeing cheers when it was still airing

Or maybe when it was in reruns when I was very young

And I used to watch it with my grandparents and would see it from time to time

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