FanGraphs Audio: Jeff Sullivan Explores Birding

by Meg Rowley

April 18, 2020

Episode 884

On this edition of FanGraphs Audio, I welcome Jeff Sullivan, erstwhile FanGraphs writer and current Rays baseball person, back to the program. We discuss, among other things, the moment when we each realized just how much life was about to change in the face of COVID-19, Jeff’s quarantine hobbies, including birding, the scourge known as cruise ships, and the 2000 cheerleading film Bring It On. Plus, we contemplate what baseball might and should look like if it returns in 2020.

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Audio after the jump. (Approximate 48 min play time.)