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Longtime Primate Jason Tuohey is a producer at The Boston Globe’s website. They recently launched a podcast with the Globe’s sports department called “Soxcast”. He says, it’s “a weekly, short Q&A with the Globe’s baseball writers on the latest Red Sox developments.” He asks for some feedback on the feature.

Thoughts?

Jim Furtado Posted: April 27, 2007 at 07:23 AM | 7 comment(s)
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1. Fly's New Handle Was Too Long, But Clever Posted: April 27, 2007 at 09:11 AM (#2347107)

I listen to it, and will continue, but...

First, stop recording it over the phone. Or reduce the compression. Or something. It's really low-quality audio, and it makes it hard to listen to.

Second, stop with the leading questions. It seems to be aimed at a pretty low level of fans, and the questions to the writers are aimed at getting them to give simple answers. Stop. It's a podcast, buried on the Globe's website. The only people who are going to listen to this are the people that are fairly big Sox fans, and we probably already know most of what's been written all week. Give me the deep stories, the ones not worthy of any print. I want to know what happened on the plane, not whether or not Matsuzaka throws a gyroball after his 3d start.

2. The Josecruz Blues (GGC) Posted: April 27, 2007 at 07:13 PM (#2347609)

As I explained on the Rob Bradford thread, I decided to track the starters this year as graphically as I could in this format. How much rest they get, game score and a DIPS based variant (both are explained here, pitch count and pitch per inning (I think that tp/ip gives a better indication if a pitcher is tired when used in conjunction with a pitch count than just looking at # of pitches thrown.) Will this be predictive of future performance? I have no clue. But it was easy enough for me to input and, who knows? It might turn out interesting to look at.

Schilling                
Date     GS    GS^D    PC    P/IP
2-Apr    29    58    89    22.25
3-Apr                
4-Apr                
5-Apr                
6-Apr                
7-Apr                
8-Apr    70    53    102    14.57
9-Apr                
10-Apr                
11-Apr                
12-Apr                
13-Apr                
14-Apr    77    63    95    11.88
15-Apr                
16-Apr                
17-Apr                
18-Apr                
19-Apr                
20-Apr    45    38    99    14.14
21-Apr                
22-Apr                
23-Apr                
24-Apr                
25-Apr    64    44    88    12.57
26-Apr                
27-Apr                

Beckett                
Date     GS    GS^D    PC    P/IP
2-Apr                
3-Apr                
4-Apr    60    53    94    18.80
5-Apr                
6-Apr                
7-Apr                
8-Apr                
9-Apr                
10-Apr    77    73    84    12.00
11-Apr                
12-Apr                
13-Apr                
14-Apr                
15-Apr                
16-Apr    60    50    96    16.00
17-Apr                
18-Apr                
19-Apr                
20-Apr                
21-Apr    43    64.66    106    15.47
22-Apr                
23-Apr                
24-Apr                
25-Apr                
26-Apr    61    64    99    12.38
27-Apr                

Matsuzaka                
Date     GS    GS^D    PC    P/IP
2-Apr                
3-Apr                
4-Apr                
5-Apr    70    61    108    15.43
6-Apr                
7-Apr                
8-Apr                
9-Apr                
10-Apr                
11-Apr    52    61    103    14.71
12-Apr                
13-Apr                
14-Apr                
15-Apr                
16-Apr                
17-Apr    65    57    105    17.50
18-Apr                
19-Apr                
20-Apr                
21-Apr                
22-Apr    43    55    108    15.43
23-Apr                
24-Apr                
25-Apr                
26-Apr                
27-Apr                

Wakefield                
Date     GS    GS^D    PC    P/IP
2-Apr                
3-Apr                
4-Apr                
5-Apr                
6-Apr    62    58    93    15.50
7-Apr                
8-Apr                
9-Apr                
10-Apr                
11-Apr                
12-Apr                
13-Apr    64    57    81    11.57
14-Apr                
15-Apr                
16-Apr                
17-Apr                
18-Apr    66    56    97    13.86
19-Apr                
20-Apr                
21-Apr                
22-Apr                
23-Apr    45    47    95    15.83
24-Apr                
25-Apr                
26-Apr                
27-Apr                

Tavarez                
Date     GS    GS^D    PC    P/IP
2-Apr                
3-Apr                
4-Apr                
5-Apr                
6-Apr                
7-Apr    32    45    86    21.50
8-Apr                
9-Apr                
10-Apr                
11-Apr                
12-Apr                
13-Apr                
14-Apr                
15-Apr                
16-Apr                
17-Apr                
18-Apr                
19-Apr    48    37.33    78    14.63
20-Apr                
21-Apr                
22-Apr                
23-Apr                
24-Apr    27    42.66    85    18.24
25-Apr                
26-Apr                
27-Apr

I'll let you guys analyze this.

3. Darren Posted: April 28, 2007 at 09:02 AM (#2348227)

In this kind of interview, I really like the behind the scenes info more than the general analysis. Ie, I prefer stuff like the scouting reports on Okajima over "Torre is trying to survive game to game with his bullpen." To me, that's the stuff that we fans can't get on our own.

Overall, it's a nice feature to be able to listen to when you want to, rather than waiting for a Sports-Reporters-like show.

4. Fly's New Handle Was Too Long, But Clever Posted: April 28, 2007 at 11:35 AM (#2348296)

Thanks, Darren. You said what I was trying to say, but much clearer.

5. The Ghost of Sox Fans Past Posted: May 01, 2007 at 05:53 PM (#2351262)

I agree with Darren and Fly about the content. They should aim toward a higher level.

The on-demand aspect is nice.

6. OCD SS Posted: May 05, 2007 at 02:04 PM (#2355215)

This seems like a good place to put this:

I'm running the SoSH podcast; you can find all the shows at http://soshpodcast.podbus.com/

We'd love to get email with suggestions and feedback at soshpodcast@gmail.com

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