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UnavailableRich Hill, the Home Run Record, and the Evolution of Position Playing (Ep. 103)
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Rich Hill, the Home Run Record, and the Evolution of Position Playing (Ep. 103)

FromThe Ringer MLB Show


Currently unavailable

Rich Hill, the Home Run Record, and the Evolution of Position Playing (Ep. 103)

FromThe Ringer MLB Show

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann banter about Rich Hill’s brilliant, heartbreaking, nine-no-hit-inning loss (0:35), Giancarlo Stanton’s comments about the single-season home run record (6:10), and why every record comes with caveats (8:10). Then, they talk to Baseball Prospectus writer Russell Carleton about how teams are abandoning traditional defensive alignments (12:40), why it’s becoming more common for players to play multiple positions (23:40), and whether techniques such as the four-man outfield, the Waxahachie Swap, and swapping corner defenders based on batter handedness make strategic sense (33:25).
Released:
Aug 24, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A rotating cast of Ringer staff members break down baseball's biggest and silliest stories, mixing in interviews with plugged-in media members and insiders from the front office to the dugout.