Do Matchups Really Matter? | 'Baseball Isn't Boring'

Boomer & Gio

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Sports, News

4.4 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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From 'Baseball Isn't Boring' (subscribe here): Baseball has always had a fascination with matchups, whether it is a lefty pitcher against a lefty hitter or a righty hurler going up against a right-handed batter. But is it still a thing? Bradfo catches up with one of the best in the business in getting lefty hitters out, Yankees reliever Tim Hill, while also talking to a right-handed-hitting weapon, Angels outfielder Taylor Ward. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Yeah, there should be some passion.
0:01.6	This doesn't have to be boring.
0:02.7	Boring, boring.
0:04.3	You don't get bored of my baseball.
0:05.5	Okay, one thing the game needs is more people like you, you, you, you.
0:08.3	Still have grown men, run around tight hands.
0:11.6	It's Mookie Betts.
0:12.6	This is Daniel Bard.
0:13.5	Steve Aoki.
0:14.4	Here's Salta Lamaquia.
0:15.6	This is Brockhole.
0:16.7	Hey, this is John Lester. Baseball isn't boring. Welcome to baseball isn't boring.
0:22.8	Here's your host, Rob Ratt.
0:24.8	So why do we obsess over matchups?
0:26.6	Why do we obsess over a lefty on lefty, so forth and so on?
0:30.1	Well, maybe we should, maybe we shouldn't.
0:33.1	But I wanted to take a little bit deeper dive into it.
0:35.5	So that's why I asked two guys who are right in the middle of it, guys who are perceived as matchup guys.
0:43.1	And that's Tim, that's Tim Hill reliever for the New York Yankees and Taylor Ward, right-handed hitter for the Los Angeles Angels.
0:51.5	And if case you don't know, Hill is one of the best weapons this year
0:56.8	against left-handed pitcher. Sorry, left-handed hitters. He's a left-hander pitcher,
1:01.4	a left-y reliever. His numbers are off the charts when it comes to getting that job done. But,
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