Baseball at Rickwood Field, Team Rebound Candidate & Game Planning for Luis Gil

By The Athletic

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball

14/06/24·1h 3m

Eno, DVR and Trevor discuss historic Rickwood Field, ahead of next week's matchup between the Cardinals and Giants in Birmingham, teams with currently low playoff odds with a chance to rebound toward contention, and how they would approach hitting Yankees starter Luis Gil.

Read More about the history of Rickwood Field in this SABR article from Clarence Watkins: https://sabr.org/bioproj/park/rickwood-field-birmingham/

Rundown

3:52 Rickwood Field Hosting Cardinals-Giants Next Week

8:57 Where Else Should MLB Play Regular Season Games?

10:56 Trevor's Case for the Giants to Rebound Into 2024 Contention

18:33 Eno's Case for the Pirates

23:30 DVR's Case for the Reds & Attempting to Understand Andrew Abbott

38:06 How to Hit Against Luis Gil

54:54 Listener Question: Intangible Aspects of Playing 162 Games

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