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Effectively Wild Episode 55: Shrinking Safeco/The Unpredictability of Japanese Players

by Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller

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Ben and Sam discuss the Mariners' decision to bring in (and lower) Safeco Field's fences, then talk about what the seasons of Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Norichika Aoki say about the difficulty of projecting the performance of Japanese imports.

Episode 55: "Shrinking Safeco/The Unpredictability of Japanese Players"

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