Wild Card let down; and Dr. Brendan O’Connor, Associate Professor at Arizona State University and author of “Multilingual Baseball,” talks Kansas City Royals and Languages.

Drink: Mandatory Pumpkin (Ale Brewed with Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Clove & Nutmeg) from Destination Unknown Beer Company in Bay Shore, New York.

Dr. O’Connor's book: “Multilingual Baseball: Language Learning, Identity, and Intercultural Communication in the Transnational Game”Dr. O’Connor’s article: “What Does Baseball’s Bilingualism Reveal?” on Sapiens: https://www.sapiens.org/language/baseball-bilingualism/

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