You cats talking about your Madison shoes. We're doing a thing we call the Madison blues.

We're doing the Madison blues. We're doing the Madison blues.

We're doing the Madison blues, baby. We're rock away, you're blue.

Hello and welcome to episode 963 of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast from Baseball Perspectives,

presented by our Patreon supporters and the play index at baseballreference.com.

I am Ben Lumberg of the Ringer, joined by Sam Miller of ESPN.

Hello. Hey, anything you want to talk about?

No, I don't think so.

We didn't get to talk about the Bumgarner Cinderguard game.

You tweeted that it was a good baseball game. I agreed with your take.

Was that your favorite kind of playoff game?

It's a good question. Is it different?

I don't know if a playoff game, if your favorite type of playoff game is different.

That's the first thing I have to ask myself.

I don't know. I mean, boy, probably not.

Now, I mean, if I just think about what the two great games from last year were,

the Rangers Blue Jays game where Russell Martin threw the ball and it hit off of the batter's bat

and it was called an Aaron Throw in the runner got to advance. Remember that?

Do I have some of those details, right?

No, I think that maybe you're talking about the crazy seventh inning.

I am. I am. I'm specifically though talking about the ball off the bat.

Yes, that was maybe the craziest part of that inning.

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