Ep. 57: Baseball's Rule-Fixing Fixation and the Newest Two-Way Player

The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to MLB.com
columnist Joe Posnanski about his new job as a full-time baseball
writer (01:45), his hatred for the intentional walk (04:50), the
automatic IBB rule (5:50), and why baseball fans are so attached to
rules and resistant to change (12:55). Then they bring on Padres
super-utility player Christian Bethancourt to discuss his
conversion from catcher to two-way player who catches, pitches, and
plays all over the field (27:25). Learn more about your ad choices.
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