Effectively Wild Episode 1903: Great Scott

Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley talk (4:09) to baseball agent and attorney Scott Boras, the founder, owner, and president of the Boras Corporation (as if you didn’t know who Scott Boras was), about his busiest days, his process for brainstorming metaphors, similes, and puns, his fondness for nautical analogies, other wordplay-related matters, the CBA, his agency’s evolving use of analytics and player-improvement techniques, the unionization of minor leaguers and the conditions he faced as a minor league player, exploiting loopholes, his origin story as a negotiator, whether he’d give it all up to have been a big leaguer, and more. Then (51:45) Ben and Meg discuss Boras’s career and Stat Blast (1:08:30) about Shohei Ohtani’s hitting on days when he pitches, plus (1:30:45) a double Past Blast from 1903. Audio intro: Sparks, “Metaphor” Audio interstitial: Dan Bern, “Negotiation” Audio outro: Willie Nelson, “Still Not Dead” Link to EW wiki page on Boras Link to Jeff’s nautical analogies tweet Link to USS San Diego quote Link to Soto Star/Mission Bell quote Link to 2018 Boras Mets lines Link to Jay-Z Boras quote Link to Boras Corp website Link to 2000 Boras NYT story Link to 2007 Boras NYT story Link to A-Rod binder story Link to Boras ESPN story Link to story on Boras loopholes Link to Boras MiLB stats Link to Boras umbrella quote Link to Verducci Boras/Gilbert story Link to Dennis Gilbert wiki Link to Travis Sawchik on agencies Link to Stathead Link to Stathead query Link to Russell on tired pitchers Link to Ohtani Stat Blast data Link to TIME article on Ohtani Link to MLB.com article on Ohtani Link to Devan Fink on Ohtani hitting Link to 1903 story source Link to 1903 story source 2 Link to 1903 story source 3 Link to SABR game recap Link to Boston Globe cartoon Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Link to 1939 article Link to first 1907 article Link to second 1907 article Link to 1949 article Link to Tallulah Bankhead wiki Link to MLBPA news Link to early Boras analogy episode  Sponsor Us on Patreon Subscribe to Stathead (Code: WILD20)  Facebook Group  Twitter Account  EW Subreddit  Effectively Wild Wiki  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source