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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 915: State of the Standings: NL Central

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As the regular season’s midpoint approaches, Ben talks to Joe Sheehan about the state of the NL Central.

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It's called up said to a man,

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gave my baby all the life,

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bringing my boy,

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and my black man,

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and found my rider,

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and it was so rare.

0:21.0

Hello and welcome to episode 915 of Effectively Wild,

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the daily podcast from baseball perspectives presented

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by our Patreon supporters and the play index

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at baseballreference.com.

0:31.0

I'm Ben Limberg of 538.

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My lucky co-host Sam Miller is away on vacation this week,

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and a couple of baseball perspectives alumni,

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Rani Gisarri and Jo Shien have been filling in for him.

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Rani is a contributor to theRinger.com

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and Jo Shien writes the Jo Shien newsletter at Jo Shien.com,

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as well as contributing to SI and the Athletic Chicago.

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We're about halfway through this regular season,

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and so over the past couple days,

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I have talked to those two guys.

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About three of baseball's divisions,

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the NL West, AL Central, and NL East.

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