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Episode 10: Steve Kettmann

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Steve Kettmann - Author of ‘Baseball Maverick,’ How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets

Summary: Who was Sandy Alderson and how only looking at stats can dilute the game of baseball 

Interview Timeline: 

- (02:02) - Choosing to use the word 'revive' in the book title

- (07:56) - In combat, baseball, the backstory of Sandy Alderson

- (15:38) - "Don't let stats ruin baseball"

- (24:01) - Watching the game vs reading the numbers

- (38:00) - The resurgence of of older conventional wisdom

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