Effectively Wild Episode 1282: Play-By-Playoffs

Ben Lindbergh and Jeff Sullivan banter about the response to their writing about the demise of the starting pitcher, the sources of their unease about baseball’s bullpen takeover, and the difficulty of previewing playoff rounds, then set up and break down the Astros-Red Sox ALCS and the Dodgers-Brewers NLCS and revisit the dullness of the division series round. After the break (37:50), they bring on Britni de la Cretaz to discuss her feature for The Ringer about why women broadcasters are still severely underrepresented in play-by-play roles. Audio intro: Miniature Tigers, "Like or Like Like" Audio interstitial: Land of Talk, "Got a Call" Audio outro: Shy Boys, "Champion" Link to Ben’s bullpenning opinion piece Link to Jeff’s bullpenning poll Link to Ben’s 2017 Keuchel article Link to Stripling pitch-tipping piece Link to Britni’s broadcasting article Link to Jenny Cavnar’s call Link to Christina Kahrl interview  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source