Effectively Wild Episode 647: The Baseball Ethics Edition
Episode Date: April 1, 2015Ben and Sam answer listener emails about whether we should talk about teams’ use of stats, whether injury research should be shared, how to break up w...
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2073 episodes transcribedBen and Sam answer listener emails about whether we should talk about teams’ use of stats, whether injury research should be shared, how to break up w...
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