What are y'all gonna do?

You know what? Come here.

You almost forgot. I got you something from up north.

What is it?

There's called the base ball.

Home sport was invented a couple years back.

Some regulars in the Yankee tavern were going on about it and this.

It's for catching the ball.

They put you in there, like that.

You know how we gotta break this leather in, right?

You're gonna take on a saddle? So that it works right?

Some fell in the tavern was suggesting that you tuck the ball on in there so that you get to know each other a little better.

Why don't you go up to the house and do that now, Ben?

You know you're right, but now it's a saddle.

Good morning and welcome to episode 846 of Effectively Wild,

the daily podcast from Baseball Perspectus presented by our Patreon supporters and the baseball reference plan decks.

I'm Ben Lindbergh of 538 joined by Sam Miller of Baseball Perspectus Low.

Howdy. That intro clip you heard was from Underground, the new WGN America show,

set in 1857, but through the first two episodes, it's definitely a baseball show.

Third episode is on tonight.

Do any emails today? Anything you want to banter about before we begin?

No. I wanted to bring up, you know, we missed the whole Drake Lerosh saga,

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