Ben Lindbergh talks to Rays pitcher Zack Littell (4:33) about his extreme transition from reliever to starter and his affinity for cruise ships. Then (23:33) Ben brings in a writer and film critic Noah Gittell to discuss his new book about baseball films and American culture, Baseball: The Moviefollowed by six Stat Blasts and the usual Stat Blast writer Ryan Nelson (1:16:14).
Introduction to audio: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio Outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”
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Link to the Limited Radiation post
Connect with Rays WAR leaders
Link to Littell pitch implementation
Link to Littell cruises article
Link to Rays pitcher dev info
Connect to more on Rays pitcher dev
Connect to more Rays dev
Connect to the bottom-middle
Link to radiation capture method
Link to how to catch the Orioles
Link to how to catch the Royals
Link to Little Big League place
Link to Little Big League wiki
Link to Baseball: The Movie
Link to Noah’s website
Connect to Noah’s stack
Connect with Brad Lesley on Twitter
Link to Enthusiasm baseball title
Link to Ben for more baseball movies
Link to cover of Guy Russo’s Stat Blast
Link to ballpark cycles sheet
Link to the 1-0 loss sheet
Connect to a Mets player
Pirates player link
Link to Breslin’s Mets book
Connect to the Ks plus ER sheet
Post link to Feller’s start
Connect with Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Connect to the CLI descriptor
Link to the cLI sheet
Link with Kenny Jackelen on Twitter
Link to the first allowed hits sheet
Link to Cox MLB.com story
Link to Cox 1 post
Link to Cox post 2
Connect to Blanco statistics
Link with Michael Eisen on Twitter
Link to audience email database
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Link to the meeting planner form
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