Best Podcast in Baseball 10.07: Ben Verlander on the resilient joy of baseball, Cardinals, and 'Flippin' Bats'

Best Podcast in Baseball

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Ben Verlander, FOXSports.com baseball analyst and host of FOX Sports' award-winning podcast 'Flippin' Bats,' joins the Best Podcast in Baseball to discuss how joy and personality are ways to promote the game of baseball, not grumbling and nostalgia. Nominated for two Hashtag Sports Award for his coverage of the 2021 World Series, Verlander also discusses his minor-league career, the imposing Ty Cobb picture in Lakeland, Fla., a change in June urgency in the 2022 season, and what it was like watching his brother, Justin, face the Cardinals during the 2006 World Series. He also recalls the scouting report he saw on Alex Reyes when the two played against each other in the Florida State League. Verlander, a top-rated player for MLB The Show, can be found on Twitch, Twitter (@BenVerlander), and his podcast (@FllippinBatsPod) is available where you found this podcast, plus it has a spot in YouTube. The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold.

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0:00.0	The best podcast in baseball is brought to you by Closets by Design.
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0:17.3	Imagine a world in which Nolan Aeronado and Paul Goldschmidt and Tyler O'Neill and Tommy Edmund and
0:23.9	Nolan Gorman are all as hot as they can be. That's pretty special. And she's like, the writing is on
0:30.6	the wall for them to be an elite team in the game of baseball and what they've done thus far in
0:37.0	terms of where they are in the division
0:38.6	and staying right there neck and neck with the brewers to me has been really impressive
0:43.2	and showcases a lot of the depth that the cardinals have
0:46.9	hello everybody and welcome to the best podcast in baseball.
0:56.3	Brought to you by Closet by Design of St. Louis.
0:58.3	I'm St. Louis Post-Dispatch baseball writer Derek Gould.
1:00.6	Join this week by Ben Verlander, who you definitely know from social media,
1:05.2	whether it's Twitter or Twitch or his podcast, Flipping Bats.
1:09.2	He's a foxports.com baseball analyst and host of Fox Sports Award-winning podcast, Flipping Bats.
1:16.4	And it's not just like award-winning now, Ben, it's like up for more awards, right?
1:20.8	You got nominated for two hashtag awards, so the awards will keep coming in.
1:24.8	So I guess I have to say awards winning.
1:29.2	Is that how I have to do that? You certainly don't have to, but thank you so much, man. I am excited to be on.
1:35.2	This was a, I really appreciate you coming on. It was a great chance to go on your show and talk
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