For the other time, all we can do is rain and dust

We're just like you, but we're nothing to do

We think I'm old again, but they don't know our sand

We're dancing with the sun

And by the fire of everyone

Good morning and welcome to episode 749 of Effectively Wild

The Daily Podcast from baseball perspective

presented by the play index at baseballreference.com

I'm Ben Lindbergh of Grantland, joined as always by Sam Miller

of baseball perspectives

And we have a guest today, so this is a Dodgers-related podcast

And it's been a rough week for the Dodgers

Last Thursday, of course, they were eliminated from the playoffs

And on Friday, John Haman reported that Zach Rankey would be opting out of his contract

Which was not a surprise, but maybe not the thing that Dodgers fans wanted to read

The day after they were eliminated from the playoffs

And the day after that report, we saw another report

That Stan Conti, the team's longtime vice president of medical services

And head trainer had announced his resignation

And we had Stan on last year, last May, to talk about his research into injuries

And how teams study injury risk

And we wanted to talk to him again

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