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 there can you not be pedantic?

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

Hello and welcome to episode 2429 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.

I was taking my daughter to school yesterday morning, and it was quite icy on the sidewalks.

And so we were stepping carefully, and my daughter's very conscientious when it's slippery on the sidewalks. And so we were stepping carefully. And my daughter's very conscientious when

it's slippery on the sidewalk. She will constantly be reminding me to watch my step. And as we were

almost at her school, another lady who was just on the corner behind us just completely slipped as if she had stepped on a banana peel

or something, but it was, yeah, kind of almost a cartoonish sort of, just like legs up in the air

sort of situation.

Nice.

Yeah, she seemed to be fine, and she dusted herself, brushed herself off and proceeded on her way.

But my daughter was sort of transfixed by seeing someone fall so spectacularly.

Just not faceplant.

I guess it was more of a butt plant than a face plant.

But yeah, it was just legs out from under her.

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