On a recent episode of the Shea Anything podcast, reporter Andy Martino addressed a popular narrative about Mets pitcher Zack Wheeler. The story is that Wheeler threw more splitters in 2018, and that this new pitch explained his markedly improved performance. Neat and tidy – because of this, that occurred. However, Martino shared that MLBs…
Archives for June 2019
Closing the Loop
If you’ve ever let Netflix auto-play several episodes of a show before, you’ve seen a variation of the image above. It’s the unofficial signal that you’ve entered “binge mode”. Streaming content platforms, like Netflix, popularized binge-watching by giving us access to entire seasons or series instantaneously. To say that we’ve taken this access and run…