Early panic in D.C. and the Bronx, fast starts from Ramón Laureano and Jazz Chisholm, and celebrations of choice
Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
4.7 • 873 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Eno, Britt & DVR discuss the early struggles of key rotation members for the Nationals and Yankees, Chris Paddack, Ramón Laureano's fast start on the basepaths, the Atlantic League rules labs, bringing new ideas to the broadcast booth, Jazz Chisholm's start to 2021, an injury-free career redo, and how they might celebrate doubles.
Rundown
2:19 Concerns about the Nats’ Rotation Beyond Strasburg?
12:00 April Trade Rumors; the Yankees' Slow Start
21:44 Chris Paddack’s Early Struggles
24:29 Ramón Laureano's Fast Start on the Basepaths
27:05 An Opportunity to Run More Often League-Wide?
31:33 Atlantic League Experiments & The Quest for More Balls in Play
39:02 Bringing Something New to TV
47:31 Jazz Chisholm's Strong Start to 2021
52:25 An Injury-Free Career Redo?
59:12 Celebrations at Second Base
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Rates and Beryl. It is Friday, April 16th. |
| 0:20.3 | Derek Van Riper, Inoceros, Britcheroli, |
| 0:22.5 | the whole band back together. |
| 0:24.1 | It's actually been two full weeks |
| 0:26.4 | since the three of us |
| 0:27.8 | were all on the same show together. |
| 0:29.4 | So it's good to be back with both of you |
| 0:31.4 | because the three-person show |
| 0:33.0 | is the most fun show of the week. |
| 0:35.7 | It is. I missed you guys. |
| 0:37.4 | Eno, you look rejuvenated, relaxed, rested. |
| 0:41.4 | I'm sure you're none of those things. |
| 0:43.1 | I know is back. |
| 0:44.1 | I wasn't. |
| 0:44.2 | I ate terrible food for a week and fell out of touch and didn't sleep well because we're all in one hotel room and in one little car for |
| 0:55.8 | 2,500 miles. |
| 0:57.2 | But now I've run 25 miles in the last six days. |
| 1:02.7 | I've got my body back. |
| 1:04.3 | I feel a little better. |
| 1:05.7 | I'm going to drink some beers tonight. |
| 1:07.5 | Everything is good. |
| 1:08.8 | Flushed it off. |
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