Episode 245: "Swing Kings"

Baseball by the Book

Justin McGuire

Authors, Baseball, Books, Statistics, Sports, History, Arts

4.9 • 655 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Baseball fans are living in the age of the home run, with new records being obliterated seemingly every year. Author Jared Diamond joins us to discuss how a revolutionary rethinking of the traditional baseball swing has transformed the way the game is played, with more strikeouts, longer games and fewer balls in play.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, just one quick thing before we get started. If you're thinking about buying the book
0:04.4	featured in today's episode, or any of the titles featured in previous episodes, or really any
0:09.7	book for that matter, I strongly urge you to consider buying through bookshop.org.
0:15.5	Bookshop.org is a network of local, independently owned bookstores. As you know, this is a really tough time right now for all small businesses,
0:24.0	and bookstores are no exception.
0:26.4	You can help support local bookstores by buying all your books through bookshop.org.
0:31.2	I looked up the last couple titles featured on Baseball by the book,
0:34.9	and I was able to find all of them.
0:36.6	So I think this is a great option for those of you who want to buy a book,
0:39.6	and also support local businesses.
0:41.8	Rock the throws.
0:44.9	There's a long time I tell of me, I believe.
0:47.8	The giant's a plet.
0:49.6	The giant's love the pellet.
0:51.3	The giant's love the pellet.
0:52.3	The giant's planet.
0:53.3	The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball.
1:02.0	Oh, put me in cold. I'm ready to play today.
1:09.0	Put me in cold. I'm ready to play.
1:14.2	Today, look at me, I can be sent to feel.
1:23.2	Hey, everybody, I'm Justin McWire, and this is Baseball by the Book, the unofficial podcast of the coronavirus.
1:30.7	That's right, folks. We are all stuck inside right now as a result of the global pandemic,
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