Effectively Wild Episode 888: Meet the Minor Leagues’ Latest Recruit
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2016
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Ben and Sam talk to former Sonoma Stomper (and The Only Rule Is It Has to Work character) Santos Saldivar, a pitcher they discovered on a spreadsheet last summer who was just signed by the Brewers. (No book spoilers.)
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| 0:00.0 | Can I get a hoot, can I get a heave-ee? |
| 0:03.5 | Running her hands through my fro |
| 0:05.4 | All bouncing or going in follows |
| 0:07.2 | Come on, why they saying they're gonna read? |
| 0:09.0 | It's worried, mixed to ignition |
| 0:11.0 | Hot and fresh out the kitchen |
| 0:12.8 | Mama ruling that body |
| 0:14.4 | Got every man in here with you |
| 0:16.2 | We're tripping on coke and wrong |
| 0:18.2 | I'm like the water I'm drunk |
| 0:20.0 | It's the freaking weekend |
| 0:21.4 | Maybe I'm about to have a kiss on my phone |
| 0:24.0 | Good morning and welcome to episode 888 |
| 0:27.2 | Effectively wild, the daily podcast |
| 0:29.2 | From baseball perspective |
| 0:30.6 | Presented by the play index at baseballreference.com |
| 0:33.6 | I'm Ben Lindbergh of 538 |
| 0:35.6 | Join by Sam Miller of baseball perspective |
| 0:37.8 | Hello Sam |
| 0:38.6 | Howdy |
| 0:39.1 | Don't know if you can detect the excitement in our voices |
| 0:41.6 | But we have never been happier in our previous 887 episodes |
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