Good morning, and welcome to episode 89 of Effectively Wild, the baseball

perspective daily podcast. In New York, New York, I am Ben Lindbergh, and in

Long Beach, California, where we haven't heard crickets for weeks. Sam Miller,

are they all gone? You know what? Actually, they are here. They just don't seem to

chirp in the winter, is what I've learned. They're probably terrified if they make a

sound. You'll go stop on them. Could be. I found one not too long ago. There was one in my attic,

and that was, I got it quickly. I actually found it and got it, but there was a period for about

15 minutes where I just thought, well, okay, I'm going to move, because when there's a cricket

in your attic, it is deafening, and it's all the time. I got it. Of course, you mean

hunted it down. It's exterminated. It's not sugarcote things. I'm fascinated by that side of you.

So, yesterday, I brought a topic, and today is the next day, which means that you brought a

topic. What topic did you bring? Evan Longoria. Okay. What do you have to say about

still on Goria? So, I guess my, I mean, I don't know that there are some

angles to take on his extension. Some of them are predictable. Maybe there are some that are not

predictable, but I think that my question that I have more than anything is after the last year,

or maybe even two years of hearing about how much money is about to flow into the game,

through these TV contracts, have players just not heard about this? Do players not read

the blogs, and such, because there doesn't seem to be, I mean, this was kind of a giveaway,

and I mean, I totally get it from Evan Longoria's perspective, but I don't know where are the

players demanding insane raises? Ben. Well, maybe Evan Longoria thinks this isn't insane

raise. If he was happy with his first extension, maybe he is just, he's overjoyed with this one.

I'm sure he is overjoyed to have the money. I mean, sure, anyone would be happy with that money.

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