Just taking a full of my time, just to keep it in line, it ain't right

It's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong

Oh my, don't stay like a dial

Don't go to wake me, I was happy, I was happy

But now I'm all this wrong, wish my heart were really made of snow

And I could forget you

I really want to

Hello and welcome to episode 1421 of effectively wild

A fan graphs baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters

I'm Meg Rally of Fan graphs and I rejoined as always

I've been lumbering up a runner, then how are you?

I'm doing quite well, how are you?

I'm doing well, thank you

Thanks a lot

On our post-recent episode Sam and I were talking about mercy rules

And we agreed that they seemed like a viable idea

I don't know if I'm pro-mercy rule, I'm not sure we need a mercy rule

But we thought that no one would really miss those blowout innings

And you would have very few comebacks prevented by a reasonable mercy rule

But as a few listeners have emailed it to say since that episode

There is a problem with the mercy rule, which is alcohol and selling alcohol

And I'm trying to figure out how to get around that

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