Remember the feeling as a child when you woke up in morning smile

It's time, it's time, it's time you felt like that again

There is just no percentage in remembering the pain

It's time you learned to live again and love and laugh

Come with me, you'll yesterday, you'll yesterday by

And take a giant step outside your mind

Good morning and welcome to episode 845 Effectively Wild

The Daily Podcast from baseball perspective

Brought to you by the Play Index at baseballreference.com

And our Patreon supporters, I'm Sam Miller, along with Ben Lemberga 538

Hello, later in the show Jeff will be talking to Grant Brisbane of McCompton Chronicles and SB Nation

In the meantime, we will be talking to Eric Malanowski, who is one of the Internet's beloved figures

Hi, Eric. Hi, Sam. Hi, Ben. Eric writes just about everywhere

And is always wise, he wrote the Giant's essay for this year's baseball perspective annual

And that's who he'll be talking about

Eric, before the off season started, well I guess when the off season was in its infancy

There were various rumors about the Giant's pursuing various players

And I pointed out that Brian Sabian had not signed a outside free agent of any particular regard

In something like a decade, like Tim Hudson would be maybe the exception

Tim Hudson I think got two years and 20 million I believe

Before that to get to a outside free agent who got even eight figures

You have to go all the way back to Edgar and Terria who was signed before their first world series title

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