Effectively Wild Episode 487: Ballplayers Say the Darndest Things
Episode Date: July 8, 2014Ben and and Sam banter about Bronson Arroyo and Sean Doolittle, then discuss comments by John Lackey and Jose Bautista.
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1984 episodes transcribedBen and and Sam banter about Bronson Arroyo and Sean Doolittle, then discuss comments by John Lackey and Jose Bautista.
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Ben and Sam talk about the legacy of the late, great, Tony Gwynn.
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Ben and Sam talk to Matt Dennewitz about his efforts to archive sabermetric research.
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