I'll slip for nine.

You burn if they say it's better.

Why don't you come on back from way out west?

Let me wake and work out the rest.

Hello and welcome to episode 1828 of Effectively Wild a

baseball podcast from Fangrass presented by our Patreon supporters.

I'm Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Meg Rally of Fangrass Hello Meg.

Hello.

And we are also joined by our friend and yours, the editor-in-chief of

baseball perspectives Craig Goldstein.

Hello Craig, welcome.

Thank you. It's actually the Craig now.

I could change by the time people were listening to this if they look up your

display name on Twitter.

So you are here ostensibly to preview the NL West, but I do have a bone to pick with you

before we begin.

And you may suspect what it is because I mentioned it to you earlier.

But on our previous episode, I suggested kind of carefully that calling the

zombie runner a ghost runner is grounds for expulsion from the BBWA.

So it is a bit hypocritical of us to have you on today because I looked at

baseball perspectives this morning right there front and center above the

fold lead story by Mr. Steven Goldman, friend of mine.

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