You, you, you're open to run

Can you see it, tears on this cloth?

One more time, run

Let's do it again, let's do it again

Let's do it again, let's do it again

Hello and welcome to episode 1656 of Effectively Wild, a fancraft space ball podcast brought to you by Patreon supporters

I'm Meg Rallye of fancrafts and I am brought to you as always

Leave it in, leave it in, and brought to you as always by our Patreon supporters

And I am joined as always by Ben Lindbergh of the ringer

You know, we do Saturday pods and sometimes you're just not a sharp, not a sharp

Yeah, in fact it's Sunday, that's how not sharp you are

Well, whatever day it is, we are both brought to you by our Patreon Spurs

And yeah, it begins, pictures and catchers are reporting to spring training this week

And we are reporting to our spring training

We are embarking on, I believe, the ninth annual Effectively Wild Team Preview podcast series

Which is always, I think, a highlight for some people

People really seem to like this

It can be a bit of a slog from a scheduling and recording standpoint

But for those who have not been with us before

We are going to talk about every team between now and opening day

I think we have planned it out so that if we stick to our schedule of doing two team preview podcasts per week

We will finish just before opening day and we'll still stick in some email shows

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