Effectively Wild Episode 249: Gabe Kapler on Advanced Stats from the Player’s Perspective

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2013

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Sam interview former big-league outfielder Gabe Kapler about his respect for sabermetrics and the purpose advanced stats can serve for players.

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0:00.0	I was joking with my wife.
0:02.0	I said, no matter what,
0:04.6	I'm gonna come on this show with these guys on this podcast
0:07.6	and I will not allow them to bring my energy level down
0:13.4	so as quiet as you guys are,
0:18.4	I'm gonna be joking as loud on the internet.
0:21.2	Good morning and welcome to episode 249
0:26.0	of Effectively Wild, the Daily Podcast
0:28.1	from Baseball Prospectus.
0:29.4	I am Ben Lindbergh, joined as always by Sam Miller
0:32.2	and also joined by a guest today.
0:36.3	Our guest today is Gabe Kapler,
0:38.5	who you probably remember from his 12 year big lead career.
0:43.3	And last week we found out that Gabe Kapler listens
0:46.6	to the show and we were flattered.
0:49.4	We asked him to come on and then he wrote something
0:52.8	that came out on Monday that got a lot of attention
0:55.1	and we were glad that we had already gotten
0:57.4	our interview request and before everyone else did.
1:00.7	So Gabe, thanks for coming on.
1:03.7	Oh, I appreciate it.
1:05.4	I'm really looking forward to chatting with you guys
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