“Ben you’re such a lovable nerd! I’ve been listening since the end of 2019. I was hyping up players to all my friends last year because of your breakdowns and you NAILED IT (as you have noted several times on the podcast lol, take that victory lap 👏😎). You totally nailed Gausman, Ruf, Yaz (I remember that episode after 2019 where you noted, I believe it was, his elite barrel% in 2019 or something and I was like OKAY we love that!), and the offense in general! (though Tyler Anderson wasn’t as good as we hoped but you were right that he’d be as good as Bumgarner!).
So like, on a personal note, I came out as transgender like 6 months ago and basically was forced to leave my home and move out of state and block my family so like honestly this podcast is the most tangible connection I have to the Giants and the Bay Area at the moment and I always make time everyday for it (along with Effectively Wild from FanGraphs). You do a great job Ben and I hope we can all listen to you whenever the Giants are able to make a playoff run together so that we can just, like, process everything and hear you fanboy over Luciano’s 2023 exit velos or something.
Also I just have to say listening to you talk with the guy from Locked on Padres was such a delight, like, you guys have totally different vibes going on and we love that! Like he’s all excited for the Padres and hyping you up for your predictions last year and you’re just like stoically ‘uh yeah so anyway baseball and stats and stuff’ and I’m like ahhhh Ben never change haha.
Oh and if you ever have a topic come up that gives you a chance to mention or platform women or queer people working with the Giants that’d be super cool 👏
Keep up the great work! ^_^
—Mae”
Mae Morgan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/16/21