Effectively Wild about Dusty

<p>Our Halloween episode has Patti briefly revisiting 1995, a very scary year, in which she first built her sportsgrudge against the Atlanta Team. But now she loves “those Hammers guys” including effectively wild Ian Anderson, the magical Eddie Rosario, and the only Austin left standing. Pottymouth reminds us of the treasure that is <a href="https://abc13.com/houston-astros-dusty-baker-manager-known-as-rerenaissance-man/11178158/">Dusty Baker</a>, the first manager to take five teams to the postseason, and possibly the only to prune his family vineyards *and* live through the Monterey Pop Festival at age 18 (the family station wagon made it too). Altuve makes moves on postseason homerun records, but Manny being Manny seems safe for now. Get your taco on Thursday - Thanks, Ozzie.</p><p><br></p><p>Odd for us to give credit to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/578765-usa-today-columnist-wont-use-atlanta-baseball-teams-nickname">Bob Nightengale</a> but he earns it for not using Atlanta’s team name in his USA Today pieces. The Hammers miss an opportunity to truly honor Henry Aaron by not announcing a team name change during the ceremony. Fox makes no effort to <a href="https://twitter.com/Squires2022/status/1453286034050109440">Chop the Chop</a>, featuring it in crowd shots. Smuck and Boltz never mention it, or the war chant, while openly discussing the cheating chants. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/10/26/atlanta-braves-rob-manfred-world-series/">Rob Manfred</a> defends it based on local markets and perceived support by the *regional* Native American community -- for a National Pastime? There’s now footage of a <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/former-president-donald-trump-to-attend-world-series-game-4-but-mlb-refutes-statement-league-invited-him/">certain former president</a> joining in on the Chop, albeit badly, so that’s really all you need to know.</p><p><br></p><p>Please PETA, use your powers for good instead of distracting us with your push to rename the bullpe