spécialison et rythme

Hello and welcome to episode 2005 of Effectively Wild, a fangrasse baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters.

I'm Meg Rally of Fangrasse and I'm joined as always by Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer. Ben, how are you?

I'm doing just fine.

How are you if you want to repeat what you just told me before?

I don't know whether to... I mean, I want to ask you how you're doing before we are actually recording but then I have to ask you how you're doing once we're recording again.

Pulling back the curtain here.

I'm good. I'm on... I mean, I think let's do this.

Center expectations a little. Let's be like this as part of my rehab assignment.

So, you know, definitely in throwing shape.

How much zip is on the fastball? I don't know. I think we're gonna find out.

Yeah, the COVID came for me, Ben.

Yeah. So there's no truth to the rumor that you've been playing hooky so that you can just read the collective bargaining agreement covered a cover.

And in fact, you know, one of the things, not like breaking news here, but you know, one of the things that COVID is filmed for is giving you kind of a brain fog.

And so I haven't cracked it even a little bit yet, Ben.

You waited so long. I know.

I know. I know. I'm so excited. I wish I could tell you that I sat down and I started thumbing through.

Just in a rush, a joyous, rule-bound rush.

But instead, I rewatched part of the first season of Stranger Things.

So, you know, who could say what was more productive? Really.

Right. Well, that's important too.

I look forward to Eddie Tindbitt's you turn up when you do finally just immerse yourself in the CPA.

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