Effectively Wild Episode 1160: The Podcast of Continuing Education

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January 8, 2018

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Ben Lindbergh and his Ringer MLB Show co-host Michael Baumann speculate about how the slow offseason will end, answer listener emails about sabermetrics and salary depression, sumo wrestling and the Hall of Fame, and baseball in winter weather, compare the careers of Omar Vizquel and Nomar Garciaparra, and analyze unorthodox new Padres relief pitcher Kazuhisa Makita. Then Michael makes a case for college baseball, and he and Ben talk to Justin Volman, founder and CEO of the Collegiate Baseball Scouting Network, about how he’s assembled and trained a nationwide network of (mostly) college-aged scouts to cover games that MLB scouts might miss.

Audio intro: The Zombies, "I Want You Back Again"
Audio interstitial: Kanye West, "School Spirit"
Audio interstitial 2: Modern Baseball, "Your Graduation"
Audio outro: Jefferson Airplane, "We Can Be Together"

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