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Hello and welcome to episode 2451 of Effectively Wild. I'm Ben Lindberg of the Ringer, joined by Meg R podcast from FanGraphs presented by our Patreon supporters.

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

Hello.

Well, we are devoting today's episode to talking about the teams of Sam Aldegary and

Aaron Nola. I refer, of course, to the Angels and the Phillies. We will be previewing those two teams. Matt Gelb will join us for the much-anticipated Phillies preview, slightly under the weather, but in a way, thematically appropriate, I think, when you hear him, you will understand. And we will be talking one more time to Sam Blum, who in his final act, essentially, as an Angels beatwriter, will be previewing the team with us one more time.

This will be an exit interview of sorts.

But before we talk about the Phillies and the Angels, we have to talk about Aldegary and Nola's other team.

That is, of course, Team Italy.

The Italians and the Italian Americans, your brothers, they have seized the spotlight in the WBC.

They remain undefeated. They trounced Team USA, took the team to the brink of elimination, and then restored them from that

brink by then beating Mexico the next day.

So it's been inspiring to watch.

We have seen effectively wild guest Vinnie Pasquantino beamed up in his words, hitting three

dingers.

They are just the coffee drinking. kissing on the cheek team that everyone has fallen for. And I imagine that you are one of the people who

has fallen for Team Italy. I feel a joy, a lightness, a happiness in my heart.

I've never been happier for so many people from New Jersey.

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