Effectively Wild Episode 1776: How Can You Not Be Romantic About Baseball?

Ben Lindbergh talks to baseball writer and romance novelist KD Casey about Unwritten Rules , her new romance novel about catchers and catcher framing, focusing on her history as a fan and writer, the intersection of sports and romance fiction, fictionalizing MLB teams, delivering details about baseball without alienating readers who aren’t fans, the ethics of dating a teammate, why MLB still hasn’t had a publicly out active player, the legacy of Glenn Burke , whether it’s harder to write baseball scenes or sex scenes, picking the cover model for a baseball romance novel, calibrating readers’ romance expectations, and more. Then (1:08:22) Ben brings on Baseball Prospectus author Gerald Schifman to discuss his latest research into whether shadows creeping across the field actually affect offensive performance. Audio intro : Julian Lennon, “ Kiss Beyond the Catcher ” Audio interstitial : Dion, “ In and Out of the Shadows ” Audio outro : Great Lake Swimmers, “ Catcher Song “ Link to Unwritten Rules publisher page Link to Unwritten Rules Goodreads page Link to KD’s website Link to all of KD’s books Link to KD’s social media landing page Link to KD on Jewish families Link to vote in Reads Rainbow Awards Link to Ben’s 2013 framing piece Link to most-read Goodreads baseball books Link to Goodreads baseball romance books Link to Emma Span on baseball slash fiction Link to Billy Beane/Theo Epstein story Link to podcast about Pitch Link to retrospective Pitch piece Link to EW episode with Billy Bean Link to story about Burke Link to Burke bio Singled Out Link to excerpt from Burke bio Link to Andrew Maraniss on Burke Link to True Blue LA interview about Burke Link to The Athletic interview about Burke Link to Moneyball “romantic” scene Link to Gerald’s first shadows study Link to Gerald’s second shadows study Link to Stove League teaser video Link to Stove League review Link to stream Stove League via Kocowa Link to stream Stove League via Viki 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