Episode 1007
This week on the pod, we pair a veteran reliever with a young star before interviewing one of our own fresh faces.
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<li>To start things off, <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/author/david-laurila/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">David Laurila</a> welcomes <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/spencer-strider/27498/stats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spencer Strider</a> and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/andrew-miller/6785/stats?position=P" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Miller</a> <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-audio-42-for-21/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">back</a> <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/fangraphs-audio-andrew-miller-returns-paul-sporer-dorks-out/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">to the show</a>. Strider and Miller had not officially met before, but they quickly hit it off, discussing growing up as fans of each others&#8217; club, what kind of music they like, and what a good teammate <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/josh-tomlin/9388/stats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Tomlin</a> is. The duo also talk pitching, as Miller offers insights into his move to the bullpen while the pair ponder how his career might have been different if he had had access to the same information that Strider has at his disposal today. [3:43]</li>
<li>In the second half, <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/author/bclemens6/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Ben Clemens</a> welcomes <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/author/eyesguys1/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Alex Eisert</a> to the podcast for the latest edition of FanGraphs Backstories. We hear how Alex was inspired by a fateful FanGraphs meetup, and how starting a statistics blog led him to the site. Alex also shares his favorite baseball memories, including some big <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/johan-santana/755/stats?position=P" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Johan Santana</a> and <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/alexander-rodriguez/sa3019507/stats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alex Rodriguez</a> moments. Finally, Ben asks Alex about <a href="https://blogs.fangraphs.com/swing-mirroring-chronicling-contact-conformity/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">his recent piece on swing mirroring</a>, and how studying philosophy and psychology can go hand-in-hand with researching baseball. [45:57]</li>
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