Effectively wild, effectively wild.

Effectively wild.

Effectively wild.

Hello and welcome to episode 2393 of Effectively Wild, a baseball podcast from Fangraphs presented by our Patreon supporters.

I am Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg Rally of FanGraphs. Hello, Meg.

Hello.

While three World Series games have transpired since we have recorded a podcast,

we will not really be talking about the first two today.

Maybe we'll touch on them.

Maybe we'll circle back.

But this is going to be a Game 3 episode. Yeah. And I don't think

anyone will fault us for that. No. Because arguably, one of the greatest games of all time,

maybe not even arguably, because who would argue about it? Who would argue against it?

Okay. So I agree with you that this was wonderful, and I had a great time. I would also just say,

I think we can say that, and we can also admit that there were long stretches where we

collectively wanted to die during this game. You know, like the two things can be true simultaneously.

Yeah, that's part of the fun. Yeah. And, you know, like the two things can be true simultaneously. Yeah, that's part of the fun.

Yeah.

And, you know, naturally a game like this is going to invite extra innings zombie runner

discourse.

And I want to reassure our listeners and you, Ben, that my opinion on the zombie runner has not changed.

I am firmly committed to the notion that it is a travesty, it is a tragedy, it is a combination

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