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Ben Lindbergh, Sam Miller, and podcast scorekeeper <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jmnjv276jxiuulxx44chdfj5" target="_blank">Chris Hanel</a> review the results of an under-25-pitchers draft Ben and Sam conducted a decade ago. Then (13:38) Ben and Sam banter about Ben&#8217;s physique, answer listener emails about doing a The Only Rule-style experiment 10 years later, discuss Sam&#8217;s revamped, unique approach to writing about baseball this year, and consider some possibilities for what we&#8217;ll remember about baseball in 2025. After that (1:05:57), Ben continues the sporadic &#8220;Baseball Jobs&#8221; series by interviewing 71-year-old <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=yandle001joh" target="_blank">John Yandle</a>, the Giants&#8217; left-handed batting-practice pitcher since 1985, about his transition from pitcher to BP pitcher, the keys to good BP, balancing his day job and his baseball side gig, anticipating starting-pitcher matchups, fending off advanced pitching machines, his incredible longevity, arm care in his 70s, the hitters who&#8217;ve complained the most, throwing BP to <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/barry-bonds/1109/stats?position=OF" target="_blank">Barry Bonds</a>, and more, followed by (2:01:20) a postscript.
Audio&nbsp;intro: Gabriel-Ernest, &#8220;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RRfThaYTS3pNyN08OEGLJLdhXRb-wIUZ/view?usp=drive_link" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Effectively Wild Theme</a>&#8221;
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_To_with_John_Wilson" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to How To with John Wilson</a>
<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21837836/the-year-finding-single-memory-defines-baseball-season-1903" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on remembering past years</a>
<a href="https://pebblehunting.substack.com/p/ohtani-gets-remembered-part-4" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on Ohtani in 2024</a>
<a href="https://pebblehunting.substack.com/p/stakes-story-and-spin" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on the World Series</a>
<a href="https://pebblehunting.substack.com/p/its-a-big-hall" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Sam on the Hall</a>
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Observe-Lot-Watching/dp/0470454040" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to titular Yogi-ism</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=yandle001joh" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to John&#8217;s B-Ref page</a>
<a href="https://www.nmrk.com/people/john-yandle" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to John&#8217;s Newmark bio</a>
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/sports/baseball/22bonds.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to 2007 article on John</a>
<a href="https://www.mlb.com/mariners/video/randy-johnson-throws-out-the-first-pitch" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Johnson&#8217;s first pitch</a>
<a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=bondsba01&year=Career&t=b#all_times" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Bonds TTO splits</a>
<a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/giants/article/giants-trajekt-arc-bp-machine-20224666.php" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Giants Trajekt machine</a>
<a href="https://poetsandquants.com/2018/09/19/meet-whartons-mba-class-of-2020/5/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cooney/Wharton</a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-cooney-79353140" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Link to Cooney&#8217;s LinkedIn</a>
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