Ben Lindbergh talks to Rays pitcher Zack Littell (4:33) about his expectation-surpassing conversion from relieving to beginning and his affinity for cruise ships. Then (23:33) Ben brings on creator and movie critic Noah Gittell to debate his new guide about baseball motion pictures and American tradition, Baseball: The Movie, adopted 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 publish
Link to Rays WAR leaders
Link to Littell pitch utilization
Link to Littell cruises article
Link to Rays pitcher dev information
Link to extra on Rays pitcher dev
Link to much more on Rays dev
Link to down-the-middle pitching
Link to Rays catching method
Link to Orioles catching method
Link to Royals catching method
Link to Little Big League scene
Link to Little Big League wiki
Link to Baseball: The Movie
Link to Noah’s web site
Link to Noah’s Substack
Link to Brad Lesley tweet
Link to Passion baseball article
Link to extra Ben on baseball motion pictures
Link to Guy Russo’s Stat Blast cowl
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 guide
Link to Ks plus ER sheet
Link to publish on Feller begin
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 publish 1
Link to Cox publish 2
Link to Blanco stat
Link to Michael Eisen on Twitter
Link to listener emails database
Link to ballpark meetup varieties
Link to meetup organizer kind
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