Baseball’s Unicorn All-Rounder with Ben Lindbergh

This week we talk about cricket and baseball, to discuss pitchers who can't hit, number elevens who can't bat and how baseball produced their first great all-rounder in 100 years. I brought on one of baseball’s greatest writers to chat about it, Ben Lindbergh. We discuss soft tossers, Babe Ruth, number 11s, Imran Khan, designated hitters and the two-way all-round unicorn that is Shohei Ohtani.

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You can find Ben Lindbergh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benlindbergh.

You can read Ben Lindbergh’s piece here: [Baseball’s Great Debate: Who’s Worse, Pitchers Who Hit, or Hitters Who Pitch?] (https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2021/8/6/22612375/pitching-position-players-pitchers-hitting-universal-dh).

Ben’s book is here: [The MVP Machine] (https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/ben-lindbergh/the-mvp-machine/9781541698956/).

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

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