I was supposed to get a wake up call that did not come.

Should have checked into a hotel.

Yeah, we're never had a child.

That goes through that saying.

Good morning and welcome to episode 318 of Effectively Wild,

the Daily Podcast from Baseball Prospectus.

I'm Ben Lindberg, joined by Sam Miller.

We're doing a morning recording on this Wednesday,

and it's an email show.

We've picked out a few emails.

You sent some good emails this week.

Where do we want to start?

Do you want to start somewhere in particular?

Well, I guess for continuity sake, we might as well start

with the John Leicester once, because we got a bunch of emails

about John Leicester and whether he should have stayed

in in the sixth inning, or I guess it was the top of the seventh.

In particular, the claim that he should have been

pinch hit for, even if there was nobody on base,

which in which case, the offensive advantage of getting a

pinch hiter in would be pretty low.

In that case, you would be more making a choice about your picture,

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