It was promised me that you'll survive, that you won't give up.

Good morning and welcome to episode 199 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast from Baseball

Prospectus.

I am Ben Lindbergh, joined by Sam Miller, hello Sam, how are you?

Pretty good.

How are you?

Okay.

What did you want to talk about today?

Sunscreen.

Okay.

I almost chose sunscreen, so I'm glad I didn't.

I want to talk about the Astros and Rick Enkeel and Clubhouse chemistry.

Okay.

I guess since mine is the kind of story of the day, we should start with mine.

And then everyone can stop listening.

Yeah.

So, probably everybody already knows that Jeff Passen solves the Clay Buckle's mystery

on what he was putting on the ball or if he was putting anything on the ball and what

he is putting on the ball is a, it's a, it's a grip aid made of a particular type of

sunscreen and rosin, which when mixed together with a little bit of moisture turns into basically

plaster and helps a pitcher grip the ball much better.

And the interesting thing is not, well, I guess it would be interesting if he had kind of

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