Effectively Wild Episode 1191: Season Preview Series: Blue Jays and Pirates

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March 16, 2018

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Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about a new nautical analogy by Scott Boras, the resurgent Lucas Giolito, Ronald Acuña (again), and possible destinations for free agents Alex Cobb and Greg Holland, then preview the 2018 Blue Jays (15:00) with Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith, and the 2018 Pirates (46:48) with MLB.com’s Adam Berry.

2018 EW Season Preview Series

Audio intro: Cold War Kids, "Every Valley is Not a Lake"
Audio interstitial 1: The Tragically Hip, "Toronto #4"
Audio interstitial 2: Neko Case, "Mood to Burn Bridges"
Audio outro: The Guess Who, "Three More Days"

Link to Banished To The Pen season preview posts

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Naga
7 years ago

Wow, solid Tragically Hip choice. Can’t argue with that.

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JoserMember since 2021
7 years ago
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Two Canadian bands and one “honourary” Canadian (Neko Case). Things are kind of tilted against Pittsburgh, though this is a city vs a country so it’s not really a fair fight. Still I can’t think of a band from Pittsburgh… hmm, google tells me the city claims Christina Aguilera and Wiz Khalifa. I still can’t think of a band from Pittsburgh.

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