Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the implications of Shohei Ohtani’s unprecedentedly deferred contract structure, whether the Ohtani signing and Juan Soto trade portend MLB imbalance driven by the bursting cable bundle (21:42), whether the Dodgers will ever be bad again (28:06), media hang-wringing over Friday’s false reports (35:58), and the Tyler O’Neill trade (42:57). Then they talk to John DeMarsico, SNY Mets game director and cinephile, about how he’s applied his affinity for film to baseball, the behind-the-scenes mechanics and rhythms of baseball broadcasts, what makes baseball so tough to televise, innovative technology and techniques, showing more of exciting plays, copying and being copied, Gary, Keith, and Ron, the use of stats and graphics, baseball movies, and more (47:45).
Audio intro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Fabian’s Ohtani reportLink to more from FabianLink to Ben on Ohtani’s dealLink to Lindsey on Ohtani’s dealLink to Baumann on Ohtani’s dealLink to Becker on Ohtani’s dealLink to Becker’s contract mathLink to Tim Dierkes on Ohtani’s dealLink to Rob Mains on Ohtani’s dealLink to Tom Verducci on Ohtani’s dealLink to Adam Morris on Ohtani’s dealLink to FG MLB payroll pageLink to L.A. Times on OhtaniLink to Jack Harris tweetLink to Clemens on the cable bubbleLink to Sheehan on the cable bubbleLink to info on Dodgers RSNLink to Ben on L.A. in 2015Link to Nightengale on the mediaLink to flight-tracking infoLink to Wired on flight-trackingLink to Baumann on O’NeillLink to EW Episode 2033Link to EW Episode 2035Link to Rangers-Rays playLink to Sam on the playLink to Díaz entrance videoLink to Showalter/Tarantino videoLink to SNY pitch clock videoLink to SNY “ghost runner” videoLink to SNY BTS “ghost runner” videoLink to NYT on DeMarsicoLink to Newsday on DeMarsicoLink to NY Mag on DeMarsicoLink to DeMarsico on Letterboxd
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