Hey, whatcha wanna do today? Whatcha really wanna say? Show me what ya'll made of.

Hey, you know you get how it all, make it up in Thoreauville.

All you gotta do is play the game.

Good morning and welcome to episode 589 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast from Baseball

Perspectus brought to you by the Baseball Reference Play Index.

I am Ben Lindbergh of Grantland bringing you a bonus Thursday podcast, but not as you might

suspect to talk about the Will Myers trade, which Sam and I might discuss tomorrow.

Earlier this offseason when we went to a three times a week schedule, one listener suggested

that on Tuesdays and Thursdays I turn Effectively Wild into a podcast about video games,

which I write about sometimes at Grantland.

And when I say one listener, I mean literally one listener.

No one else suggested that.

I'm sure no one else even thought that.

However, we are taking that listener's suggestion today.

Some of you might remember episode 427 back in April when we talked to Owen Good of Polygon

about the release of MLB14 the show and what makes a good baseball video game.

Today we are talking to someone who has actually made a good baseball video game.

His name is Scott Draider and he is the co-founder of Metalhead Software

in Indie studio from British Columbia, my home away from home.

Any chance I can get to have a Canadian on the show I will take.

On Tuesday, Metalhead released Super Mega Baseball for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.

I have been hooked on the game for the last couple days.

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