I don't know what's behind the wheel

Sometimes I feel like I don't know

The deal when I tell you how

I feel, believe me when I say it's real

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Hello, and welcome to episode 1664 of Effect Of The Wildlife, a baseball podcast from

Van Graffs, presented by our Patreon's porters.

I am Van Linburg, a beringer, joined by Meg Rally of Vangras, Hello, Meg!

Hello!

I am pleased to report that Shohe O'Tani is back. He's back. That was the Shohe. I know and love.

I'm so happy. I just watched Shohe pitch show a couple of innings, almost a couple of innings.

He started Friday's game between the Angels and the A's and I recognized him again.

You remember his first start last year, which was also against the A's last July and there'd

been so much build up in anticipation because he hadn't pitched since 2018 and then he went out there

and he just did not look like himself. He barely threw any splitters. He topped out at 94, 95. It was

just not the real Shohe. I was just like the godfather. Look how they massacred my boy. I just did not

recognize the Shohe. I had known and loved and really he didn't look a lot better in his

second start and then that was it. This was the Shohe that I remember from the Halsian Spring of 2018.

He looked good. He was throwing splitters left and right. He was getting great movement. He got

five outs. They were all via strikeout. He was sitting 96 to 99. I think that Trackman system

may have broken but he was up there in the upper 90s. This was the real Shohe. He's back. Yeah.

I was so nervous for him but mostly for you. Which is his going to sound to our listeners like a

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