471. Does anybody know the rules? - Pointless Exercise Podcast

About this episode

David Brown discusses the World Baseball Classic and various aspects of baseball team dynamics and player call-ups.

The Americans survived a World Baseball Classic indignity, and David Brown is here to discuss what Mark DeRosa didn't know and when he didn't know it, why every other team seems to have more fun than the US does, why the tournament is getting better and more fun, but Fox does their best to hide it. Plus, what goes into determining when the best time to call up rookies, what happened to Adley Rutschman. Why Randy Arozarena is right to be made at Big Dumper. Matt Shaw getting a crash course at first base after a crash course in the outfield. What goes into determining final cuts for every team, and more.

Topics covered

• Baseball
• World Baseball Classic
• Rookie Call-ups
• Sports Analysis
• Team Dynamics

Keywords

• Mark DeRosa
• Adley Rutschman
• Randy Arozarena
• Matt Shaw
• final cuts

Mentioned in this episode

Places: US

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