Tom Verducci on the Curveball Comeback (Ep. 77)

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann start off with a
quick edition of "College Baseball Player or Fictional Racing
Driver" (02:30). Then they bring on Sports Illustrated senior
baseball writer and Fox Sports/MLB Network analyst Tom Verducci to
discuss his new SI cover story about the high-tech ways in which
teams are evaluating breaking balls (04:30), why the curveball is
becoming more common and disrupting traditional pitch-usage
patterns (06:00), how an emphasis on spin rate could affect the
pitcher-batter balance (18:00), and how Verducci reports on trends
that teams could consider competitive advantages (28:45). Learn
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