Effectively Wild Episode 273: The State of Seattle’s Front Office/The Decline of CC Sabathia
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2013
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Sam discuss Jack Zduriencik and the future of the Mariners, then talk about CC Sabathia’s dismaying season.
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| 0:00.0 | You definitely have that with short memory, and just keep going. |
| 0:03.0 | You know, that's the one thing I always tell myself, you know, no matter what happens. |
| 0:06.0 | In the game today, I will just keep pitching, keep going, and keep, you know, trying to execute the game plan. |
| 0:10.0 | Good morning, and welcome to episode 273 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast from Baseball Perspectus. |
| 0:18.0 | I am Ben Lindbergh, joined by Sam Miller, and it sounds like a new form of wildlife. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm just going to be quiet for a second here. We'll both be quiet so that you can hear. |
| 0:29.0 | Okay. |
| 0:33.0 | It's nice, isn't it? |
| 0:35.0 | It is nice. So when I heard that, I said crickets, and you said no, and you said we could talk about what it actually was. |
| 0:42.0 | It's frogs. It's frogs. |
| 0:44.0 | Really? |
| 0:45.0 | That's what frogs sound like. They sound like crickets. They sound a lot like crickets, but these are frogs. |
| 0:52.0 | So where are you right now? |
| 0:54.0 | In just a bit south of San Jose. |
| 0:58.0 | Well, I mean, you're not in there. |
| 1:00.0 | On a front. I'm on a front porch. |
| 1:02.0 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:04.0 | All right. So, and these Sunday night podcasts, I kind of wish we were like a breaking bad podcast instead of a baseball one. |
| 1:13.0 | So that we could talk about that, but we're not. |
| 1:16.0 | So what is your topic? |
| 1:18.0 | The Mariners. |
| 1:20.0 | Okay. And I wanted to talk about C.C. Sybathia a little bit. |
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