Effectively Wild Episode 2409: Hindsight is 2025

<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ewlogofi.png" alt="EWFI" width="590" height="206" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-242076" srcset="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ewlogofi.png 590w, https://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ewlogofi-300x105.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px" /><br /> Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/john-brebbia/12777/stats?position=P" target="_blank">John Brebbia</a> and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/devin-williams/15816/stats?position=P" target="_blank">Devin Williams</a> signings (in that order, obviously), share a few follow-ups, and (31:33) assess whether each team satisfied its season preview guest&#8217;s conditions for a successful year. Then (58:18) they answer emails about the origins of the concept of the &#8220;opposite field,&#8221; the meaning of the word &#8...