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Effectively Wild Episode 1981: An Arrow in the Knee at the WBC

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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Are You More Apt to Cheat for a Good Team Than a Bad Team?

The desire to get that win more important if you don't get many of them versus if you, they're more valuable? Well, I think it probably changes your calculus around potential consequences. If you're on a crummy team, are you more likely to throw games to intentionally lose because you think no one will notice? It would just be easier to lose just because you're more likely to lose to be good with.

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