Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley welcome back former co-host Sam Miller to banter about his return to public baseball writing, his current relationship with baseball, and his new Substack, Pebble Hunting. Then (17:10) Ben, Meg, and Sam talk about a 1913 article about unprecedented events at the ballpark, the cliché about seeing something new at every game, the supreme examples of that phenomenon from any point in baseball history, games they attended, and games they paid attention to, and examples they hope to see in 2023. After that (1:18:27), Ben and Meg talk to WBC Central host Shawn Spradling about the biggest storylines of the World Baseball Classic, including the format and schedule, the favorites and dark horses, the surprising players, the challenge of putting on an international baseball tournament, how and when to watch, and more, followed by (1:56:57) a Past Blast from 1978.Audio intro: May Erlewine, “Song for Sam”Audio interstitial: Supergrass, “The Return Of…”Audio outro: Field Medic, “Tournament Horseshoe”Link to Sam’s SubstackLink to first Substack storyLink to 1913 Phelon articleLink to Sam on seeing new thingsLink to Sam on pitching linesLink to Craig Wright on CaldwellLink to three-pickoff inningLink to Mariners triple playLink to Clemens-Piazza articleLink to article on ALDS G2Link to Ben’s ALDS G2 oral historyLink to video of Martin-Choo playLink to EW ALDS G2 draftLink to Dale Scott EW episodeLink to Ben on “Strategy”Link to Dario email episodeLink to Shawn’s team infographicsLink to Shawn’s power rankings graphicLink to Shawn’s power rankingsLink to Shawn’s YouTube channelLink to Shawn’s podcast feedLink to Zach Kram’s WBC primerLink to Cliff Corcoran’s WBC primerLink to 1978 Past Blast sourceLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s Substack Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source