Good morning, good evening, welcome to episode 51 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast

from Baseball Prospectus.

I hope that we have a great show for you today, but Ben has just told me that he doesn't

have a great feeling about this one, so it might be a good time to flee.

I will start with a correction, omission, or air, if you'll allow me, Ben.

I will.

Last night, I said with great confidence and boldness that I believed the Giants would include

Milky Cabrera on their playoff roster, roughly 40 seconds later, the Giants decided otherwise.

And I wonder if you find, after 51 episodes, or I guess after 50 episodes of this podcast,

do you find yourself instinctually trying to make bolder and bolder statements?

Not really.

I do feel some pressure to hedge a little less than, maybe, as my natural inclination, but

I don't know that either of us has come out with that many pronouncements that look

immediately wrong.

Just a few.

Not, yeah, not that many, but I trust that you will.

Keep me in line if I start to lose my discipline.

Do you have something to talk about today?

Yeah, I feel like I'm always the guy who brings up a non-penetraised topic, but mine is

Gubaldo Jimenez.

And I feel like I'm always the guy who brings up an angel's related topic, and mine is Dan

Heron and Tori Hunter.

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