Episode Details

Ben Lindbergh and Noah Woodward of the newsletter The Advance Scout discuss Noah’s front-office career, the impact of the MLB rules changes on pace/time of game, the running game, and hitting and defense so far, how players may adapt, the questions Ben and Noah still have about the rules’ long-term effects, Rob Manfred’s characterization of analytics as “an arms race to nowhere,” and more. Then (1:00:26) Ben brings on LJ Rader of the Twitter/Instagram account Art But Make It Sports to explain how he cleverly juxtaposes sports scenes with images of paintings and sculptures, whether baseball lends itself well to his work, and his best baseball images, plus a Past Blast (1:40:16) from 1989 and a few closing thoughts (1:46:42).

Audio intro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Noah’s Substack
Link to Noah’s BP archive
Link to Noah on changeups
Link to Noah on back-picks
Link to Noah on pickoffs
Link to Noah on pickoff substitutes
Link to article on clock momentum
Link to Jaffe on late-season momentum
Link to Dan S. on playoff momentum
Link to Russell on momentum
Link to Mariners-fan countdown
Link to Sam on Corbin
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