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The Tragic Loss of Angels Pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Plus: Wishing the MLB Was a Little More Like the NBA.

Mourning the unexpected loss of Tyler Skaggs, and comparing and contrasting the NBA and MLB
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We mourn the unexpected loss of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, and discuss what he meant to his team and the camaraderie of MLB players (0:48). Then Donnie Kwak joins the show to talk about his cousin Tommy Edman’s first few weeks in the big leagues (17:30), and finally we discuss the stark contrast between the NBA and MLB offseasons and free agency (38:35).

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Zach writes about basketball, baseball, and assorted pop culture topics.
Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

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