What do you call that effectively wild falls into the category of like that guy who's like

That's a hitter you don't know where the pitch is going to be you kind of on your heels a little bit you can't really like dig in one's at your chin.

One's at your kneecaps.

Next pitch he paints outside corner.

Not a comfortable AB.

Yeah.

Effectively Wild could also be the new name of your band.

That's a good name.

I never thought of that effectively wild.

Yeah, I like it.

It's got a good ring to it.

With a balance of analytics and humor philosophical music.

Effectively wild. Effect Effect Wild.

actively wild, a fangrass of baseball podcast brought to you by our Patreon supporters. I'm Meg Raleigh a fangrass and I am joined by Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer.

Ben, how are you?

Still buzzing a bit from Skeen's versus Otani, which was the talk of baseball on Wednesday.

It's funny, a Shohay Otani plate appearance was probably the highlight of the

2023 baseball season, if we're including the World Baseball Classic in the 2023 baseball season, the Trout

Otani Showdown. It really didn't get any better than that on a individual plate appearance

basis and you could make the case that the most exciting

individual matchup of this season also involved Joe Hay Otani but on the other side of things

because Skeins versus Otani facing off for the first time, that lived up to the hype, right?

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