I was waiting in line and I was waiting for something

Because years ago I was pretending I knew

But you should not be waiting

Show up to me, show up to no time to spend

It's a disappointment that you can never show

Show up to me, show up to no time to spend

It's a disappointment that you can never show up

Hello and welcome to episode 15-16 of Effectively Wild

A baseball podcast from band graphs presented by our Patreons Fortress

I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Sam Miller of ESPN

Hello Sam

I have an update about Mel Didier, the scout who told Kurt Gibson to look slider on 3-2 against Dennis Eckersley

Friend Eddie emailed to let us know that he met him at the last two spring trainings

That Mel went to, his dad's best friend played for him in college

And so Eddie got to hang out with him

And Eddie says I am envisioning the death stare he would give you saying that his Gibson story was exaggerated

And I am delighted to think of getting this death stare

I told Eddie that I was imagining being that guy that buzzed Aldrin Debt when he accused Buzz of faking the moon landing

I think that would be a fair response to me if I tried to confront Mel with my conspiracy theory

So Eddie says I got the death stare from him once

I forget what exactly I said but it was misconstrued

He derided Ivy Lee types and Eddie says he did tell the Eckersley Gibson story

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