Effectively Wild Episode 2216: (Fish) Food for Thought
Episode Date: September 13, 2024Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs’ Michael Baumann play a game of “College Baseball Player or Vuelta a España Stage Winner?”, discuss Kumar Rocker’s potenti...
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2056 episodes transcribedBen Lindbergh and FanGraphs’ Michael Baumann play a game of “College Baseball Player or Vuelta a España Stage Winner?”, discuss Kumar Rocker’s potenti...
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