Show notes
Ben Lindbergh talks to Sam Miller of Pebble Hunting about the increase in IL stints at the All-Star break and Sam’s obsession with the evolving strategy of first-and-third situations. Then (41:29) Ben talks to Iowa state representative and Sioux City Explorers pitcher J.D. Scholten about his incredible baseball comeback at age 44, his baseball background, balancing baseball and politics, and his efforts to end MLB blackouts. Finally (1:20:14), Ben and The Athletic’s Evan Drellich talk to former NBC Sports and The Baseball Network president Ken Schanzer about the 30th anniversary of TBN, the first U.S. TV network owned by a pro sports league.Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”Link to Calcaterra on GlasnowLink to Devers shoulder storyLink to ASB IL placement dataLink to Sam on first-and-third 1Link to Sam on first-and-third 2Link to Clemens clipLink to Clemens gamerLink to Manny’s cutoffLink to Russell on post-2013 changesLink to Pebble HuntingLink to Scholten callLink to Scholten clipLink to Scholten pitchingLink to Scholten local news clipLink to Scholten’s B-Ref pageLink to Scholten’s wikiLink to Gazette story on ScholtenLink to WaPo on ScholtenLink to SI on ScholtenLink to Honkbal wikiLink to Congressional Baseball Game EWLink to The Gazette on the blackouts billLink to Offerman on Field of DreamsLink to EW on Field of DreamsLink to canceled Field of Dreams seriesLink to Scholten’s SubstackLink to Scholten’s campaign siteLink to Evan on EW 2168Link to Evan on a national TV dealLink to 1994 TBN theme songLink to 1994 ASG at B-RefLink to The Baseball Network wikiLink to ’93 WaPo story on KenLink to 1993 most powerful peopleLink to 1991 most powerful peopleLink to The Baseball Network sourcesLink to Schanzer retirement storyLink to rookie All-Star SPLink to ballpark meetup formsLink 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: podcast@fangraphs.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source