We belong to each other, brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters.

So be strong for each other, brothers and sisters, brothers and sisters.

Got to be brave in a scared world, brothers and sisters.

Brothers and sisters.

Something's got to give. Something's got to give. Something's got to give.

Hello and welcome, Debs of 1427, of effectively wild,

a fan-graphed baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters.

I'm Meg Rally of Fan Graphs and I am joined as always by Ben Lindbergh of the ringer.

Ben, how are you?

I am doing quite well, how are you?

I'm well.

Good. Well, we were just talking before we started recording about how you were away for the long weekend and after that in the mountains.

And then you came back to a different sport with new players and many more players, which must have been somewhat disorienting.

I mean, it was for me too, but there was there when everyone kind of started trickling up from AAA.

Yeah, it's always a little disorienting.

I mean, when it's guys who you're excited to see notable prospects are like, hey, it's that guy.

There he is. It's got to see him.

It's so cool.

But a lot of the time, it's just like, hey, here's another back-up catcher.

And here's this lefty reliever type.

I watched the NFL season kickoff last night, which was a very bad game and made me an way that does not hate my sport,

but made me really like my sport.

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