Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and podcast scorekeeper Chris Hanel assessment the outcomes of an under-25-pitchers draft Ben and Sam carried out a decade in the past. Then (13:38) Ben and Sam banter about Ben’s physique, reply listener emails about doing a The Solely Rule-style experiment 10 years later, talk about Sam’s revamped, distinctive strategy to writing about baseball this yr, and think about some potentialities for what we’ll bear in mind about baseball in 2025. After that (1:05:57), Ben continues the sporadic “Baseball Jobs” sequence by interviewing 71-year-old John Yandle, the Giants’ left-handed batting-practice pitcher since 1985, about his transition from pitcher to BP pitcher, the keys to good BP, balancing his day job and his baseball aspect gig, anticipating starting-pitcher matchups, warding off superior pitching machines, his unimaginable longevity, arm care in his 70s, the hitters who’ve complained essentially the most, throwing BP to Barry Bonds, and extra, adopted by (2:01:20) a postscript.
Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Successfully Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Sam Miller, “Successfully Wild Theme (Ken Maeda’s Good ‘n’ Straightforward Remix)”
Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Successfully Wild Theme”
Hyperlink to EW Episode 669
Hyperlink to competitions/drafts sheet
Hyperlink to EWStats website
Hyperlink to The Solely Rule
Hyperlink to Ben’s Vince Gilligan video
Hyperlink to Pebble Looking
Hyperlink to Sam on tripping
Hyperlink to Sam on non-highlight highlights
Hyperlink to Sam on the CI problem
Hyperlink to Sam on dropped third strikes
Hyperlink to piece about first pitches
Hyperlink to How To with John Wilson
Hyperlink to Sam on remembering previous years
Hyperlink to Sam on Ohtani in 2024
Hyperlink to Sam on the World Sequence
Hyperlink to Sam on the Corridor
Hyperlink to titular Yogi-ism
Hyperlink to John’s B-Ref web page
Hyperlink to John’s Newmark bio
Hyperlink to 2024 article on John
Hyperlink to 2012 article on John
Hyperlink to 2007 article on John
Hyperlink to Johnson’s first pitch
Hyperlink to Bonds TTO splits
Hyperlink to Giants Trajekt machine
Hyperlink to Cooney/Wharton
Hyperlink to Cooney’s LinkedIn
Hyperlink to Byrnes wiki
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