This week we talk about cricket and baseball, to discuss pitchers who can't hit, number elevens who can't bat and how baseball produced their first great all-rounder in 100 years. I brought on one of baseball’s greatest writers to chat about it, Ben Lindbergh. We discuss soft tossers, Babe Ruth, number 11s, Imran Khan, designated hitters and the two-way all-round unicorn that is Shohei Ohtani.

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You can find Ben Lindbergh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benlindbergh.

You can read Ben Lindbergh’s piece here: [Baseball’s Great Debate: Who’s Worse, Pitchers Who Hit, or Hitters Who Pitch?] (https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2021/8/6/22612375/pitching-position-players-pitchers-hitting-universal-dh).

Ben’s book is here: [The MVP Machine] (https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/ben-lindbergh/the-mvp-machine/9781541698956/).

This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc.

The theme tune is by Red Crickets: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.