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Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Effectively Wild Episode 680: Travis Sawchik on the Pirates and Big Data Baseball

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley

Sports, Baseball

4.72.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2015

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ben and Sam talk to Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pirates beat writer Travis Sawchik about his new book, Big Data Baseball.

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0:00.0

Cause my inside is outside

0:03.4

And my inside's on the left side

0:06.2

Cause I'm not meant to reach you

0:09.8

I'm not meant to reach you

0:12.4

I want to teach you

0:16.4

About you

0:19.4

But that's not you

0:22.5

To know it's true

0:25.5

But that won't do

0:28.3

Good morning and welcome to episode 680 of Effectively Wild The Daily Podcast from baseball

0:33.9

Perspectus brought to you by Play Index at baseballreference.com

0:38.7

I'm Sam Miller with Finlandberg of Grantland High Bend Howling

0:42.5

Hello, alright

0:44.0

Alright so we have a guest today

0:45.9

Our guest is Travis Sotchick who covers the Pirates for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review

0:51.1

We are not having him on just because he covers the Pirates for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review

0:55.9

But because he has a book that is out today if you're hearing this on Tuesday

1:00.4

Which is a pretty big deal for him

1:02.3

And a lesser deal for all of us

1:04.3

But cumulatively, I think equally big deal

1:07.5

Just dis first distributed between the whole world

1:11.0

We all get to read his book now

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