Effectively Wild Episode 2163: Littell Big League

Ben Lindbergh talks to Rays pitcher Zack Littell (4:33) about his expectation-surpassing conversion from relieving to starting and his affinity for cruise ships. Then (23:33) Ben brings on author and film critic Noah Gittell to discuss his new book about baseball movies and American culture, Baseball: The Movie, followed by six Stat Blasts with frequent Stat Blast correspondent Ryan Nelson (1:16:14). Audio intro: Xavier LeBlanc, “Effectively Wild Theme” Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2” Link to Ben Clemens on Littell Link to MLBTR on Littell Link to underrated-Rays post Link to Rays WAR leaders Link to Littell pitch usage Link to Littell cruises article Link to Rays pitcher dev info Link to more on Rays pitcher dev Link to even more on Rays dev Link to down-the-middle pitching Link to Rays catching technique Link to Orioles catching technique Link to Royals catching technique Link to Little Big League scene Link to Little Big League wiki Link to Baseball: The Movie Link to Noah’s website Link to Noah’s Substack Link to Brad Lesley tweet Link to Passion baseball article Link to more Ben on baseball movies Link to Guy Russo’s Stat Blast cover Link to ballpark cycles sheet Link to 1-0 losses sheet Link to Mets perspective gamer Link to Pirates perspective gamer Link to Breslin’s Mets book Link to Ks plus ER sheet Link to post on Feller start Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter Link to cLI explainer Link to cLI sheet Link to Kenny Jackelen on Twitter Link to first hits allowed sheet Link to Cox MLB.com story Link to Cox post 1 Link to Cox post 2 Link to Blanco stat Link to Michael Eisen on Twitter Link to listener emails database Link to ballpark meetup forms Link to meetup organizer form  Sponsor Us on Patreon  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