Effectively Wild Episode 1625: Baseball After Dark

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley offer an update about Sam Miller’s status on the podcast, banter about the Rangers hiring former pitcher Chris Young as their new GM and play-by-play man Len Kasper’s move from Cubs TV broadcasts to White Sox radio broadcasts, and answer listener emails about how tanking teams could be more entertaining, the plausibility and value of a hitting counterpart to the pitching machine, the viability of baseball as a 24-hour service, and how different baseball would be if the dimensions of the strike zone didn’t vary by batter. Audio intro : The Hold Steady, " Blackout Sam " Audio outro : Murry Kellum, " Long Tall Texan " Link to Sam’s announcement Twitter thread Link to Sam’s ESPN archive Link to Rangers press release about Young Link to Young on pitching up in the zone Link to Ben on Young in 2015 Link to Ben on moving the mound back Link to Len Kasper report iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source