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Shagging Flies - Ben and Zach are joined by the wonderful and sharp-witted Matthew Roberson (@mroberson22), formerly of FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus, and Lookout Landing but currently of the New York Daily News, for a typically meandering joyride around topics from Seattle suburbs, karaoke, the utility of flying, Mariners fandom, and countless other meaningless asides. Subscribe and enjoy!
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- As usual, on names (2)
- Sammamish Washington (3:30)
- Travis Pastrana (7:45)
- Every kid needs humbling (15)
- Having a cup of coffee at FanGraphs (23:30)
- Writers are weird (24:30)
- Tales from the college newspaper beat at the University of San Diego (27)
- Oh no, Charlie Morton (33:30)
- From Dominoes to New York (with some sales in between)
- On Comedy and Carrie Underwood (43)
- If you’re doing karaoke, make sure you know the song (47)
- Phone drop! (1:00)
- Why would you have a roast for your birthday?
- Why baseball? (1:04:30)
- Stadium talk (1:11)
- Spending money? Me? A baseball franchise owner? (1:18)
- On Yankees fans and Boston fans (1:21)
- Hisashi Iwakuma love (1:25)
- Order of Operations Trifecta! (1:30)
- Concert of choice: Prince (1:37)
- Who in history would you talk to? (1:45)
- Not quite a UFO story, but not not a UFO story (1:48:30)
- Do birds know that flying is cool? (1:52)
- Matthew almost calls PETA as a child (1:55)
- The Full Count! (1:59)
- Matthew’s Book Recommendation: Tonight I’m Someone Else by Chelsea Hodson
- Matthew’s Music Recommendation: Sawayama
- Matthew’s Movies/TV Recommendation: Hacks / Catch Me If You Can
- Matthew’s Food Recommendation: Xi’an cuisine
- Matthew’s Miscellaneous Recommendation: Going for a walk
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Shagging Flies - Ben and Zach are joined by the wonderful and sharp-witted Matthew Roberson (@mroberson22), formerly of FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus, and Lookout Landing but currently of the New York Daily News, for a typically meandering joyride around topics from Seattle suburbs, karaoke, the utility of flying, Mariners fandom, and countless other meaningless asides. Subscribe and enjoy!
Subscribe: iTunes | Spotify | Google Play | RSS |
- As usual, on names (2)
- Sammamish Washington (3:30)
- Travis Pastrana (7:45)
- Every kid needs humbling (15)
- Having a cup of coffee at FanGraphs (23:30)
- Writers are weird (24:30)
- Tales from the college newspaper beat at the University of San Diego (27)
- Oh no, Charlie Morton (33:30)
- From Dominoes to New York (with some sales in between)
- On Comedy and Carrie Underwood (43)
- If you’re doing karaoke, make sure you know the song (47)
- Phone drop! (1:00)
- Why would you have a roast for your birthday?
- Why baseball? (1:04:30)
- Stadium talk (1:11)
- Spending money? Me? A baseball franchise owner? (1:18)
- On Yankees fans and Boston fans (1:21)
- Hisashi Iwakuma love (1:25)
- Order of Operations Trifecta! (1:30)
- Concert of choice: Prince (1:37)
- Who in history would you talk to? (1:45)
- Not quite a UFO story, but not not a UFO story (1:48:30)
- Do birds know that flying is cool? (1:52)
- Matthew almost calls PETA as a child (1:55)
- The Full Count! (1:59)
- Matthew’s Book Recommendation: Tonight I’m Someone Else by Chelsea Hodson
- Matthew’s Music Recommendation: Sawayama
- Matthew’s Movies/TV Recommendation: Hacks / Catch Me If You Can
- Matthew’s Food Recommendation: Xi’an cuisine
- Matthew’s Miscellaneous Recommendation: Going for a walk
Get PL+ and join our community!: https://pitcherlist.com/plus
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