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Ladies and gentlemen, the Effectively Wild introduction.

Hello and welcome to episode 2148 of Effectively Wild,

a fangrass baseball podcast brought to you by our patreon supporters. I'm Meg Riley of fangrafts baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters.

I'm Meg Riley of fangrafts and I am joined by Ben Lindbergh of the ring or Ben.

Have you survived your mornings trauma?

Are you stable?

4.8 on the Richter scale. I feel as if the ground has shifted beneath my feet because it literally

has. But yes, we're staying strong. We're trying to make it through this ordeal, this New York earthquake that everyone has been so concerned about.

Just this week I talked about how I felt like I was being tested by the New York exceptionalists among us,

those who assert a particular experience that might be universal as if you all invented the use of American cheese on, you know, eggs.

I understand that an earthquake in New York is disorienting.

This is not a typical experience for you guys. You don't grow up

under the constant threat of the big one, right? Yes, this was the big one by our

standards, but it was a pretty small one.

Yeah and so like I get it like if you don't if you're not used to that sensation having

your building shake around you very unnerving you know it's unnerving even when you have prior experience with it and so I

want to demonstrate compassion for that and you know I've lived through a New York earthquake in in my day and

people are not prepared for it so I I do get it but I still feel like I'm being tested you know I feel like little traps are being laid for me I feel like there is bait being put out

So I will simply say that I'm glad that you're fine and I hope that other people are fine.

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