Summary[]
Ben and Sam talk about events from baseball’s history that would be bigger stories today, then discuss narratives to explain the Nationals’ season.
Topics[]
- What things in baseball history would cause the biggest present day story?
- How big of a deal would a record chase be in the Twitter era?
- Washington Nationals underperforming
Notes[]
- Sam thought Jackie Robinson, Johnny Vander Meer’s 2nd no hitter, first year of free agency, 1941 MVP race, and Michael Jordan playing baseball would be bigger stories now.
- Ben thought Ray Chapman’s death would be a bigger story now.
- Andrew, who have the guys the ideas list was Pete Rose running over Ray Fosse, the Bill Buckner error, the George Brett pine tar incident, Babe Ruth's called shot, and Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak.
- Thornton Lee got an MVP vote and had a higher WAR than Joe DiMaggio in 1941.