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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 603: Dirk Hayhurst on Pace and the Batter-Pitcher Balance of Power

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2015

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Sam talk to former major leaguer Dirk Hayhurst about the player’s perspective on MLB’s efforts to speed up games.

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0:00.0

Keep your head, keep your head

0:03.1

Right on the edge of the road to chop off their own

0:11.1

Keep your head, keep your head

0:14.4

While all your stress, stress, stress, stress

0:18.0

Stretch you from being alone

0:21.8

You're a kind of confessor

0:24.6

Faster, faster, you're gay

0:29.2

Faster, faster, you're gay

0:34.1

Good morning and welcome to episode 603 of Effectively Wild

0:38.4

The Daily Podcast from baseball perspective

0:40.7

Presented by the play index at baseballreference.com

0:43.9

I am Ben Lindbergh of Grantland, joined by Sam Miller

0:46.7

of baseball perspective

0:48.3

And a guest who you are probably aware of

0:51.0

He has been on this show a couple times before

0:53.4

Although that is not his main claim to fame

0:55.4

He is a former major league pitcher, a broadcaster, an accomplished author

1:00.7

Who's written four books about his time in baseball

1:03.2

Most recently bigger than the game

1:05.3

He is Dirk Hayhurst, hey Dirk

1:07.3

Hey guys, how are you?

1:08.8

Alright, so you are back in school these days

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