FanGraphs Audio: Dave Cameron Analyzes All Baseball
Episode 285
FanGraphs managing editor Dave Cameron analyzes all baseball — and, in particular, the part of baseball concerning the James Shields-for-Wil Myers (etc.) trade. Also: the Dodgers. Also-also: how the guest refuses to read the host’s work even once.
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Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.
In terms of ‘interesting’ and WAR- is vanilla league average or replacement level?
League Average. There are many worse flavors that are still good enough to be mass produced.
With regard to the restaurant in Boston, the menu of which I looked up as I am a lover of fancy restaurant menus, the degustation menu consists of more, smaller courses rather than fewer, more substantial courses.
Per Wikipedia:
“Dégustation is more likely to involve sampling small portions of all of a chef’s signature dishes in one sitting. Usually consisting of eight or more courses, it may be accompanied by a matching wine degustation which complements each dish.”
This is similar to what Tapas-style restaurants. Great to have the variety but it typically drives up the cost of the final bill
The end of the podcast is especially meta.
Oh, I love meta podcast endings. Not as much as bonus donkey noises, but still, I’m looking forward to this.