Good morning and welcome to episode 36 of Effectively Wild, the daily baseball

prospectus podcast in New York, New York. I am Ben Lindbergh. This is the part of

the podcast where I normally say that Sam Miller is in Long Beach and Sam

Miller is in Long Beach as far as I know, but he is not joining me today. He had a

family obligation that kept him away from the podcast today. He will be back

tomorrow. Joining me today is Jason Wociakowski, which I hope I just

pronounced correctly. He is an author of baseball

prospectus where he writes the interpickle column. He also writes for the

platoon advantage and Beanball where he writes and podcasts about the A's.

And he is also a lawyer which will come in handy if Ridley Scott

sews me over the gladiator clip I used in yesterday's episode. Jason, hello,

tell the people where you are. Like physically, geographically, I am in Los

Angeles. I am probably, I am probably about 20 miles north of Sam Miller's

on the fit. And do you want to tell us where you are mentally or spiritually or in

any other sense? I am on this plane, I think, is the most important part.

Okay. Are you recording from anywhere unusual, like a car or a shower? No, I'm

recording from the the second, I'm recording from the cat bedroom, which is why

the the dear listeners may have heard a yowling noise about what if I have

seconds to go? That was two cats fighting. Like literally I have cats fighting at

my feet. If they're on bedroom, they have a bedroom. Yeah. Well, they've claimed it.

Okay. Well, if I visit the Long Beach Los Angeles area, I will not be staying in

the guest cat bedroom because I am definitely allergic to felines. Oh, that is

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