Effectively Wild Episode 1739: Poff Piece

Ben Lindbergh talks to The Ringer’s Zach Kram about how the red-hot Yankees have salvaged their season, mounted their longest winning streak in 60 years, and put themselves in playoff position. Then (27:33) Ben brings on John Poff, former major leaguer and Stat Blast star, to discuss his brief big league career, walking away from the game, being a bookworm in baseball, playing before big salaries, the evolution of coaching, failure fueling art, his peripatetic post-baseball life, his career as a writer and poet, the racism he observed in the sport, bringing baseball to Native American reservations, and more (plus a postscript about Charlie Watts the drummer and Charlie Watts the infielder, and Vin Scully on catcher framing). Audio intro: The Rolling Stones, "Sway" Audio interstitial: The Rolling Stones, "Dancing With Mr. D" Audio outro: The Rolling Stones, "The Lantern" Link to Zach’s Yankees article Link to AL East playoff odds graph Link to longest Yankees winning streaks Link to Lindsey Adler on the Yankees Link to Jay Jaffe on the Yankees Link to Ringer MLB Show WS draft Link to Poff’s SABR bio Link to Poff’s piece on Donnie Moore Link to Stat Blast about Poff Link to Poff’s game against Sutter Link to Fernando Perez episode Link to Poff’s fundraiser Link to later Poff fundraiser Link to piece on salaries and ticket prices Link to Roger Angell on player salaries Link to Angell on player salaries and fans Link to Scully clip Link to Rob Harvilla on Watts Link to story on Watts visiting the NLBM Link to 1925 Watts photo Link to Watts’ B-Ref page  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