And every one of them, and there was nothing more to tell.

We know that we shall meet again in the memory search, we'll be here.

We'll be here on fire.

Good morning and welcome to episode 477 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast from baseball

perspective, presented by the playing exit baseball reference.com.

I'm Sam Miller with Ben Lindbergh, Ben, how are you doing?

Okay.

Hey, did you see that thing about Steven Strasberg and the Fastballs?

Uh-huh.

It doesn't, I don't know, man, doesn't it kind of feel like the nationals have just a little too much smoke?

Like, everybody who's good seems to have some sort of weird passive aggressive hatred toward them?

Uh-uh, well, we should explain what the thing about Steven Strasberg and Fastballs was.

Yeah, so Strasberg was facing Jason Hayward through him, apparently just through him.

Fastball after fastball after fastball after fastball and nothing else.

Until eventually Hayward hit a fastball and so after the game, the reporters talked to him and Strasberg said,

why so many, uh, when asked why so many fastballs, he said, I guess it was the plan going in.

I don't think it's the right plan, but that's what we went with, uh, which is definitely with exactly that intonation.

I, uh, well, how else can you show those words?

Probably in the monotone voice of an athlete.

All right, let's try it.

You, you say those words.

I don't have them up at me.

...