SF 26 - The Bard College Holiday Throwdown with Howard Megdal
11/27/21 • 90 min
Shaggin' Flies with Ben and Zach
Zach is joined for a special solo session with Howard Megdal (@howardmegdal) of Baseball Prospectus, The IX, and the Next for a lovely ninety-minute conversation about women's sports, Bard College, the Mets, New Jersey, and plenty more baseball.
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3 – Working in politics, but then not
5 – Mouse!
10 – A nearly half-hour tangent about the wonderfulness of women’s sports and the criminality of their underfunding
31 – Name and Image Likeness
33 – Loving sports at Bard College
35 – Sending angry emails to KenPom
37:30 – Leon Botstein does have a Wikipedia
40:30 – Campaigning the backup center for D3 player of the year
42 – Why baseball?
47 – Basketball is a shot, baseball is an IV
49 – The Baseball Talmud!
52 – Coolest games ever: 2015 World Series, David Cone, and Johan Santana
58 – Alex Bregman and flawed replay
1:02 – Analytics talk
1:06 – Cat!
1:07 – The enemy is certainty
1:09 – Order of Operations trifecta!
1:14 – The consistency of toothpaste as it hits the teeth
1:15 – A conversation with Abraham
1:17 – No ghosts, but Justin Turner is unexplained
1:20 – The Full Count
- Howard’s Book Recommendation: Katherine Heiny
- Howard’s Food Recommendation: South Jersey Pretzel
- Howard’s Movies/TV Recommendation: The Third Man
- Howard’s Music Recommendation: Bria Skonberg; Veronica Swift; Emmet Cohen; Good Jazz and Good Food (in general)
- Howard’s Miscellaneous Recommendation: Flannel pants
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Shaggin' Flies with Ben and Zach
Zach is joined for a special solo session with Howard Megdal (@howardmegdal) of Baseball Prospectus, The IX, and the Next for a lovely ninety-minute conversation about women's sports, Bard College, the Mets, New Jersey, and plenty more baseball.
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3 – Working in politics, but then not
5 – Mouse!
10 – A nearly half-hour tangent about the wonderfulness of women’s sports and the criminality of their underfunding
31 – Name and Image Likeness
33 – Loving sports at Bard College
35 – Sending angry emails to KenPom
37:30 – Leon Botstein does have a Wikipedia
40:30 – Campaigning the backup center for D3 player of the year
42 – Why baseball?
47 – Basketball is a shot, baseball is an IV
49 – The Baseball Talmud!
52 – Coolest games ever: 2015 World Series, David Cone, and Johan Santana
58 – Alex Bregman and flawed replay
1:02 – Analytics talk
1:06 – Cat!
1:07 – The enemy is certainty
1:09 – Order of Operations trifecta!
1:14 – The consistency of toothpaste as it hits the teeth
1:15 – A conversation with Abraham
1:17 – No ghosts, but Justin Turner is unexplained
1:20 – The Full Count
- Howard’s Book Recommendation: Katherine Heiny
- Howard’s Food Recommendation: South Jersey Pretzel
- Howard’s Movies/TV Recommendation: The Third Man
- Howard’s Music Recommendation: Bria Skonberg; Veronica Swift; Emmet Cohen; Good Jazz and Good Food (in general)
- Howard’s Miscellaneous Recommendation: Flannel pants
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1 – Barbie!
3 – From Madison to the Bay
4:30 – Boo Daylight Savings
6:30 – DVR is Of Earth
11 – Witnessing the rise of fantasy live from RotoWire
14 – What If We Kissed In The Combination ESPN Zone/Hard Rock Café
19 – The different vibes of fantasy and gambling
22 – Tales from Sam’s Club
27 – Reflections on Oracular Spectacular
31 – Why baseball? Accessability!
38 – Ballparks!
41 – In support of Ballpark Nachos
44 – The Homer Bailey no-no
46 – Order of Operations Trifecta
52 – Chalk up a W for the Sandlot Enjoyers
54 – Devin Harris shoutout
57 – Ben Palmer, Raccoon Murderer
1:00 – Roy Kent would NEVER
1:02 – The Full Count!
- Derek’s Book Recommendation: Answers in the Form of Questions
- Derek’s Food Recommendation: Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Tacos
- Derek’s Movies/TV Recommendation: Schitt’s Creek/Tommy Boy/Jiro Dreams of Sushi/Bojack Horseman
- Derek’s Music Recommendation: Little Neon Limelight by Houndmouth
- Derek’s Miscellaneous Recommendation: Go on vacation somewhere cool
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SF 27 - The Many Different Hats Of Chrystal O'Keefe
Shaggin' Flies with Ben and Zach
Ben and Zach are joined this week by their Pitcher List and South Side Sox Colleague Chrystal O'Keefe (@chrystal_ok) for a delightful and rambling several hours that begins in Indianapolis, Indiana and instantly turns every which way imaginable.
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1 – Opening with Star Wars
7 – SciFis everyone should watch!
10 – Meeting the Firefly cast
14 – What to do in Indy
17 – The Chicago Bulls All Have Covid
21 – Name-a-Pacer
24 – Writing!
25 – Murder?
30 – Writing a kids book
34 – The great hot dog debate part 224
38 – Gino’s East > Lou Malnati’s
41 – Michael Ajeto once again finds himself in reference, this time for the crime of liking Malort
42 – Why baseball?
43 – Other sports don’t have Tim Anderson. Also, family, writing, and Andrew McCutchen!
50 – Stadiums and food!
52 – Go to Pittsburgh and get a pierogi
55 – Churro love
1:03 – Ben messes up the Order of Operations Trifecta
1:06 – Field of Dreams sucks
1:10 – Toothpaste?
1:15 – A conversation with Carrie Fisher if we could
1:17 – A really genuinely unsettling ghost story
1:25 – Relitigating the windshield wiper self consciousness debate
1:29 – The Great Concert Wishlist (Nirvana, Prince, David Bowie)
1:32 – Writing advice: skip the replies
1:40 – Kids are weird and funny
1:45 – The Full Count!
- Chrystal’s Book Recommendation: Breath
- Chrystal’s Food Recommendation: Garlic and Breadsticks
- Chrystal’s Movies/TV Recommendation: Pen15
- Chrystal’s Music Recommendation: The Metallica Collection
- Chrystal’s Miscellaneous Recommendation: Take Care Of Your Face
1:55 – Fading out to Miley Cyrus and Wayne Coyne
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