If baseball were different, how different would it be?

And if this thought haunted dreams, well stick around and see what Ben and Meg have to say philosophically and pedantically it's effectively

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Effectively Wild.

Hello and welcome to episode 2223 of Effectively Wild,

of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from fan graphs presented by our

Patreon supporters. I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer joined by Meg Rally of

Fangrass. Hello Meg. Hello. Some of our listeners may not know that we record monthly bonus episodes for many of our

Patreon supporters and we are up to 34 such episodes.

35.

Yeah.

We've got 34 of those things.

35 when we record the next one this weekend.

This weekend.

Which you can access instantly.

All of that back catalog that vast archive immediately if you sign up for the second lowest here of

Patreon support and by the way you'll want to sign up with the playoff live streams coming up next month. I mention this not just to do a

plug for the Patreon but also because we often start those bonus episodes with some low stakes

rants and usually those those baseball specific low stakes rent to start this episode off for you.

I have a complaint about MLB YouTube video editing or the lack thereof.

Maybe it's not even editing so much as it is just where they choose to

clip the highlights because I have found that MLB highlights on the MLB official YouTube page are way longer than the actual highlight.

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