The Poscast with Bill James this week was done under less-than-ideal circumstances — in Augusta, with a less-than-stellar Internet connection — so I hope that the great stuff Bill is saying will make up for any sound quality gaps.
Two, I can tell you that it is my hope to have two regular co-hosts — regular the way Charo was a “regular” guest on The Love Boat. I’m hoping, for instance, that the next month will look like follows:
April 18: Special guest (and if I get who I’m trying to get, it will be INCREDIBLE*).
April 25: Poscast with Michael Schur.
May 2: Special guest (again, potentially incredible).
May 9: Poscast with Bill James
*At least for me.
I’m kind of hoping that each month will look something like that — incredible guest, Michael Schur, incredible guest, Bill James and so on.
This week’s Poscast I talk with Bill about college hoops, the meaning of bad starts, how well past performance predicts future and a bunch of other fun things. Bill also reiterates my own belief that we all think baseball is at its most perfect when you are 10 years old. Bill, as you might expect, puts it in better words.
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So much this. Nothing worse than seeing a link to some interesting topic and realizing it's a podcast. I'm a busy guy and I read extremely fast... I don't have time to listen to people yammer for 10 minutes.
Similar, but not as bad, is seeing a link to a story that might contain a nugget of information worth reading, but sure is hell isn't worth watching a video for.
I like that it's just them chatting, not really an effort to communicate specific information or concepts - which podcasting is terribly designed for. That said, it's been less insightful than I'd really expect. And less funny. Not sure if it's just a matter of finding his feet or if Joe is simply a better communicator in writing. I'll certainly continue to listen, but I hope it gets a little more playful.
And the theme tune is like nails on a chalkboard.
I bought my brother a wooden bat for Christmas (after we had both graduated HS), and it promptly broke with five minutes of our first trip to the batting cages. Those dimpled batting cage baseballs are especially lethal to a Louisville Slugger.
Definitely. I can usually read a story in about the same amount of time that it takes the video to load and buffer.
I think I'd be really into podcasts if I had a car commute where I couldn't read, but I'm generally not patient enough to get information that slowly.
I've never broken a wood bat, but my brothers team borrowed my Ted Simmons bat and they broke it during their first practice, I still resent my brother a little bit for that, their team didn't know how to face the trademark to prevent a bat from breaking--that is what I tell myself, it was probably just bad luck.
I was 10 in 1994.
*smashes face into keyboard*
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