Show notes
With Meg Rowley off, Ben Lindbergh talks to three guests: James Wagner (4:55) of the New York Times about Scott Boras puns in the paper of record, why players who test positive for PEDs have disproportionately been from the Dominican Republic, and why players wear perfume and cologne on the field; Ian Araujo (41:46) about the origins, appeal, process, and future of his viral TikTok videos about identifying sports games in the backgrounds of movies and TV shows; and Jeff Pearlman (1:20:24) about his new biography of Bo Jackson, The Last Folk Hero, Jackson’s life and career, separating Bo facts from Bo fiction, and hypotheticals about Bo, plus a closing baseball news brief (1:59:45) and a Past Blast from 1928.Audio intro: The Americans, “Guest of Honor”Audio interstitial 1: Jim Lauderdale, “If You Look Real Close”Audio interstitial 2: Boogie Down Productions, “Bo! Bo! Bo!”Audio ioutro: Crowded House, “Be My Guest (Home Demo)”Link to Alden’s list of Boras punsLink to video of Nimmo punLink to Correa’s Dior lineLink to James’s NYT pun mentionLink to Boras episode of EWLink to James’s PED/DR articleLink to NYT article on TatisLink to James on perfume/cologneLink to Ian’s TikTok accountLink to The Athletic on IanLink to Ian’s The Office videoLink to Mel Magazine on IanLink to Ben’s Elementary articleLink to The Irishman Reddit threadLink to Defector on the buzzer-beaterLink to second buzzer-beater storyLink to Hilbert’s problems wikiLink to baseball Hilbert’s problemsLink to article on TikTok securityLink to The Last Folk HeroLink to Seitzer/Jackson excerptLink to Bo’s tweet about autographsLink to 91-yard TD videoLink to Bo scaling the wallLink to Jeff’s websiteLink to The Bad Guys WonLink to “Sho Knows” t-shirtLink to Astudillo reportLink to MLBTR on ClickLink to Jay Jaffe on ClickLink to MLBTR on PowersLink to Dan Szymborski on KershawLink to FTX bankruptcy reportLink to FTX sponsorship newsLink to MLB/FTX press releaseLink to Ohtani/FTX press releaseLink to Emma’s tweetLink to tweet about Triple-A ABSLink to J.R.’s World Series dataLink to 1928 story sourceLink to SABR on the DH ruleLink to Jacob Pomrenke’s websiteLink to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter Sponsor Us on PatreonSubscribe 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: podcast@fangraphs.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source