Dan Le Batard Makes His Pitch Clock Debut! | Pitch Clock
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Who is Dan Le Batard and why is his Pitch Clock debut significant?
So it seems like we're quite the pipeline. Yeah. Where's Ethan? Alright, everybody's about to find out. Uh-huh. Welcome to the pitch clock. Here's the pitch. A two-part baseball segment combining a nostalgic baseball trivia game and an interview with an expert. This is the pitch clock.
Yeah.
It's the final week of the regular season. And just like the Tampa Bay Rays... We're making changes. Oh, yeah. That's a great point. You know what? Hey, guess what? We're gonna have Dan Levitard on this show to talk about his Tampa Bay raise and a whole lot more because we are in the final week of the regular season. Um, but as Chris said, some changes made here. New uniforms, some yeah, essentially a new uniform. And uh, for the third time, we have a new uniform, yeah, and by a new uniform. We mean a new producer sitting at the helm because Ethan got the call up to the show. Yep. And by the show we mean he's talking football now. Right. Ethan's over on Football America. Ethan, congratulations. Uh you are in the uh big chair over with Dave Damashek's.
Football America. Football America, check it out.
What new changes and producers are introduced at the start of the show?
Check out. Check out Football America. Uh but now, folks, what that means is you get to meet the man behind the editing requests that we have so eloquently thrown out there. So Gabe. Yeah. Gabriel. Gabriel. Welcome Gabri. Welcome, Gabe. Sir. Do you want do you want our pitch clock fans to refer to you as Gabe or Gabriel? Whatever is best for you. I don't know. Alright, perfect. Alright, perfect. Awesome. That's the type of vibe that we want here. Ethan would be. Ethan would have definitely chosen a name. Yeah, he would have been like E Money or uh Can you refer to me by my friend's name? Or can you refer to me as a Cubs fan? Oh, important. Do you have any friends that you went to camp with that we need to shout out?
Yeah. No. Great. And do you have your favorite team? And Yes,
I have.
Awesome, terrific. All right. So hopefully he's the Marlins here. Gabe, let's get started. What do we got going in our final regular season matchup? Wow.
Here for Pitch Clock Trivia. Well, we're gonna celebrate the unsung heroes, and those are the catchers. Ooh. All right. So
what do we got? What do we got? Caught me off guard with that. Game is called Game is called
Who Caught Him. Ooh. I'm gonna give you a list of 20 pitchers, and you're gonna tell me who caught for them.
Oh boy. Okay, so is it who caught for them in this particular season? Is it who caught the most games for them
ever? No, all time. Whoever uh you name one catcher that's caught for them. Oh, I like that. Okay, all right. There is bonus points. You get a point for each correct answer. Mm-hmm. There's six of them who threw a perfect game. Oh if you name the catcher that threw the perching perfect game, you get a bonus point.
Okay, awesome. Okay, alright. This is gonna be fun. I'm gonna be terrible at it, but I like it. No, I'm this is fun. Okay. Alright. Um Alright, so who goes first? Do we want Chris? So I'll
go first. Well I was gonna say we're gonna throw that away and I'm gonna throw a movie question here on whoever gets it right.
Whoa, that oh boy. Okay, alright, alright, alright, alright. What's the movie question? I'm
gonna say a line from a movie, you just tell me the first one to tell me the movie. The line is See how it works is the train moves, not the station.
The train moves not the station. Rookie of the year? I is it a baseball movie? Yes. I was gonna say Is it the natural? No. Damn it. Is it uh I'm just gonna keep getting a League of Their Own? Yes. Yeah, alright, alright, I'll take it. Alright, that means I get to go first. Yeah. That's exciting.
Alright, your first pitcher is David Cohn.
How does the Pitch Clock trivia game work and what are the rules?
Um Jorge
Posada. Correct? Did he Did David go on a perfect game? He did. He didn't. But Jorge Posada didn't catch the perfect game. No. It was Joe Girardi. Damn, I should've Oh Joe Girardi. In that instance, do you say any catcher or do you right away have to be like, I know he threw a perfect game and I should have slowed myself down and done that. That's what I would need. So I only get my one point. I I that perfect game is now off the board.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Dan Le Batard and why is his Pitch Clock debut significant?
0:00–1:11
2
What new changes and producers are introduced at the start of the show?
1:11–3:32
3
How does the Pitch Clock trivia game work and what are the rules?
3:32–9:12
4
Which pitcher‑catcher duos are being tested in the trivia round?
9:12–12:06
5
Why does the host consider the Tampa Bay Rays the most fascinating AL East team?
12:06–16:34
6
How do the Rays’ unconventional strategies give them an edge over the Yankees and Red Sox?
16:34–18:44
7
What are the final scores, standings, and playoff implications as the regular season ends?
18:44–20:04
8
How does the episode wrap up and what are the key takeaways for listeners?
20:04–20:08
Speakers
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