Ep. 57: Baseball's Rule-Fixing Fixation and the Newest Two-Way Player from The Ringer MLB Show

Ep. 57: Baseball's Rule-Fixing Fixation and the Newest Two-Way Player

45 minutes Posted Feb 27, 2017 at 4:36 pm.

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to MLB.com columnist Joe Posnanski about his new job as a full-time baseball writer

his hatred for the intentional walk

the automatic IBB rule

and why baseball fans are so attached to rules and resistant to change

Then they bring on Padres super-utility player Christian Bethancourt to discuss his conversion from catcher to two-way player who catches, pitches, and plays all over the field

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The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to MLB.com columnist Joe Posnanski about his new job as a full-time baseball writer (01:45), his hatred for the intentional walk (04:50), the automatic IBB rule (5:50), and why baseball fans are so attached to rules and resistant to change (12:55). Then they bring on Padres super-utility player Christian Bethancourt to discuss his conversion from catcher to two-way player who catches, pitches, and plays all over the field (27:25).

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