Well, it's moments like these that make you ask,

how can you not be pedantic about baseball?

If baseball were different, how different would it be?

On the case with light ripping, all analytically,

cross-check and compile, find a new understanding

not effectively while that can you not be pedantic?

Yes, when it comes to baseball, how can you not be pedantic?

Hello and welcome to episode 2345 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Fangraphs presented by our Patreon supporters.

I am Ben Lindbergh of the Ringer, joined by Meg Rally of Fangraphs. Hello, Meg.

Hello.

I was just struck by a thought, and I don't know whether it was profound or dumb.

The line between the two can be quite thin sometimes.

Yeah.

But I was thinking, I'm amazed that more injuries aren't career ending.

And I thought of this because of Brandon Woodruff, who returned to the Brewers the other day.

And pitched like vintage Brandon Woodruff, basically.

Almost two years after he hurt his shoulder pitching in Miami against the Marlins,

he comes back pitching in Miami against the Marlins, and he shut them down for six

innings, and he struck out eight, and he wasn't throwing quite his heart at least initially,

though he got some of that speed back as the game went on. But he gave up two hits and one run

on a solo homer and didn't walk anyone. And that was that. And it kind of amazes me because

that injury that he had could have been career ending.

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