Ben Lindbergh talks to Rays pitcher Zack Littell (4:33) about his expectation-surpassing conversion from relieving to starting and his affinity for cruise ships. Then (23:33) Ben brings on author and film critic Noah Gittell to discuss his new book about baseball movies and American culture, Baseball: The Movie, followed by six Stat Blasts with frequent Stat Blast correspondent Ryan Nelson (1:16:14).

Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”

Link to Ben Clemens on Littell

Link to MLBTR on Littell

Link to underrated-Rays post

Link to Rays WAR leaders

Link to Littell pitch usage

Link to Littell cruises article

Link to Rays pitcher dev info

Link to more on Rays pitcher dev

Link to even more on Rays dev

Link to down-the-middle pitching

Link to Rays catching technique

Link to Orioles catching technique

Link to Royals catching technique

Link to Little Big League scene

Link to Little Big League wiki

Link to Baseball: The Movie

Link to Noah’s website

Link to Noah’s Substack

Link to Brad Lesley tweet

Link to Passion baseball article

Link to more Ben on baseball movies

Link to Guy Russo’s Stat Blast cover

Link to ballpark cycles sheet

Link to 1-0 losses sheet

Link to Mets perspective gamer

Link to Pirates perspective gamer

Link to Breslin’s Mets book

Link to Ks plus ER sheet

Link to post on Feller start

Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter

Link to cLI explainer

Link to cLI sheet

Link to Kenny Jackelen on Twitter

Link to first hits allowed sheet

Link to Cox MLB.com story

Link to Cox post 1

Link to Cox post 2

Link to Blanco stat

Link to Michael Eisen on Twitter

Link to listener emails database

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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