Podcasts about Astroball

The Houston Astros didn't make the World Series this year. But they're still widely considered one of the best teams of the past decade. FRONTLINE's documentary The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball examines how the team used cutting-edge techniques to rise from the bottom of the league to the top, and what happened in 2017 when they went too far in what would become one of the worst cheating scandals in MLB history. The Astros Edge correspondent Ben Reiter has covered the team extensively for Sports Illustrated and boldly predicted the Astros' stratospheric rise at a time when they were coming off a three-year slump. His book called Astroball unpacked some of the team's techniques, which were modeled on strategies from the business world. After The Athletic revealed that the team had used an illegal sign-stealing scheme, Reiter hosted a podcast series examining how the scandal unfolded. Reiter sat down with The FRONTLINE Dispatch to talk about the scandal and the limited accountability that followed. He told host and FRONTLINE editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath that he thinks the scandal has implications that go beyond baseball. “What does it mean when your business becomes so obsessed with efficiency and profit over everything else?” he said. “Like, yeah, there's a good chance you're going to have a lot of success, but there's a lot of problems that come with that.” You can watch The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball on FRONTLINE's website, FRONTLINE's YouTube channel, and the PBS App. Want to be notified every time a new podcast episode drops? Sign up for The FRONTLINE Dispatch newsletter.

The author of AstroBall and the Edge- Ben Reiter joins The A-Team to talk his role in the new PBS Frontline documentary on the Astros cheating scandal. Ben is a producer and correspondent for the film. He talks about who was willing to speak with him for the film. Plus, what Astros fans can expect from the film's coverage of the organization.

This episode is talking about two of the world's biggest cheating scandals of modern times; the Houston Astros and the Australian cricket team. And while I knew a lot about one, the other was not as known to me, so here's Ben Reiter from Sports Illustrated and The Edge Podcast to chat about it. In this episode we talk about the many similarities of the two scandals, the reactions, the hatred for the teams, how so few people were punished, what happens when standard cheating crosses the imaginary line to moral outrage, how funny they both were and we compare Faf Du Plessis to the Boston Red Sox. - To support the podcast please go to our Patreon page. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32090121. If you like this podcast, you may enjoy other things I create, check them all out at https://linktr.ee/jarrodkimber. You can find Ben Reiter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/benreiter. Ben's book ‘Astroball' can be found here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586547/astroball-by-ben-reiter/. And his podcast The Edge is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-edge-houston-astros/. This podcast is edited, mixed and produced by Nick McCorriston, he's at https://www.nickamc.com and https://www.twitter.com/nickamc. The theme tune is by Red Crickets https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Red_Crickets/Red_Crickets.

- We welcome Dr. Stephen Loftus as our new Co-Host... - We know the Orioles aren't competing in '21... what are we looking to see accomplished? - Where are the Orioles in their rebuilding process? - In a previous article, I reviewed Astroball with my takeaways. what stands out in-terms of extrapolating to the Orioles? - The rich get richer... Bauer to the Dodgers. Thoughts on the NL West race between LA and SD - MLB and the Players Association have set the 2021 protocols... - FanGraphs article on their takeaways from their Playoff odds...

Join us for an insightful conversation with Ben Reiter, host of the podcast THE EDGE and the author of ASTROBALL: The New Way to Win It All, a New York Times bestseller.

In 2014, Ben Reiter, then a Sports Illustrated baseball writer, wrote a cover story predicting that the Houston Astros, one of Major League Baseball's worst teams, would win the World Series in three years. After the Astros fulfilled his prediction in 2017, Reiter detailed the team's rise in his book Astroball. When it was discovered that the Astros had operated an elaborate sign stealing system that many viewed as cheating, Reiter set out to uncover the truth of the scandal with a six-part podcast. With Bo and Farrell, Reiter discusses the nuances of cheating in baseball and golf and how the podcast gave him a second chance of getting the story right.

On the November 30 edition of A’s Cast Live, Chris Townsend described the type of players teams should be looking for this offseason (6:10) and when movement will happen this offseason (1:13:45). He was joined by David Schoenfield of ESPN (29:35), Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle (53:45), Ben Reiter, the host of the Edge and author of Astroball (1:21:15), C.J. Nitkowski of the Texas Rangers and MLB Network Radio (1:52:00) and Jesse Rogers of ESPN (2:20:55).

Ben Reiter, longtime Sports Illustrated columnist, author of the NY Times best seller Astroball, and host and producer of The Edge, a documentary podcast about the scandal that tarnished the Houston Astros.   Ben joined me on the show two years ago to discuss Astroball, which chronicled the Astros rise from cellar dweller to World Series champion in the 3 years after he predicted it would happen on the cover of Sports Illustrated. What happened after was a shock to his system. His podcast is his post-mortem on the team and on his work.   Our conversation discusses what happened, Ben’s assessment of the team and his book, and his conclusions. In the end, Ben found that the Astros’ story is about much more than baseball. It’s about power, money, culture, and accountability. About a modern world where everyone is seeking an edge, and about who ultimately benefits from that world. It sure sounds familiar to our world of investing.   If the conversation peaks your interest, I strongly recommend having a listen to his podcast, The Edge. Learn More Read the Transcript Subscribe to the Capital Allocators Blog or Monthly Mailing List Don't Subscribe, but Let Us Know Who You Are Write a review on iTunes Follow Ted on twitter at @tseides Review past episodes of the Podcast

Returning to Between the Lines is Ben Reiter, author of Astroball, to talk about how the story he reported took a shocking turn - and how he went after it in a brilliant new six-part podcast, The Edge.The incredible rise of the Houston Astros from the worst team in baseball to world champions is the story that made Ben's name. When, in November 2019, news of a cheating scandal engulfed the organisation and tarnished their achievements, Ben decided he had to return to the story to discover what happened and what, if anything, he had missed.The result is, in our opinion, the sports podcast of 2020 and you don't need to be a baseball fan to understand or enjoy it.Finally, please check out our latest title, produced in association with The Athletic: At The End Of The Storm - stories from Liverpool's historic title win. It's the perfect gift for the Liverpool fan in your life - and it's out now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Returning to Between the Lines is Ben Reiter, author of Astroball, to talk about how the story he reported took a shocking turn - and how he went after it in a brilliant new six-part podcast, The Edge.The incredible rise of the Houston Astros from the worst team in baseball to world champions is the story that made Ben's name. When, in November 2019, news of a cheating scandal engulfed the organisation and tarnished their achievements, Ben decided he had to return to the story to discover what happened and what, if anything, he had missed.The result is, in our opinion, the sports podcast of 2020 and you don't need to be a baseball fan to understand or enjoy it.Finally, please check out our latest title, produced in association with The Athletic: At The End Of The Storm - stories from Liverpool's historic title win. It's the perfect gift for the Liverpool fan in your life - and it's out now. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An incredible visit this morning with Ben Reiter, author and host of the podcast called The Edge, which takes a deep dive into the background of the Houston Astros cheating scandal. He is also the author of a book called Astroball and writer for Sports Illustrated covering the Houston Astros for many years. He tells us today of his five-hour long interview with Jeff Luhnow and visiting Chris Correa in prison. He details the lengths that the team would have gone to for a win and answers questions about sign stealing history. Some amazing details about Carlos Beltran and what all went into the sinister sign stealing. Listen here:

An incredible visit this morning with Ben Reiter, author and host of the podcast called The Edge, which takes a deep dive into the background of the Houston Astros cheating scandal. He is also the author of a book called Astroball and writer for Sports Illustrated covering the Houston Astros for many years. He tells us today of his five-hour long interview with Jeff Luhnow and visiting Chris Correa in prison. He details the lengths that the team would have gone to for a win and answers questions about sign stealing history. Some amazing details about Carlos Beltran and what all went into the sinister sign stealing. Listen here:

Season One of The Edge: Houston Astros, presented by Cadence13 and Prologue Projects, follows best-selling Astroball author Ben Reiter as he investigates the cheating scandal that tarnished the Houston Astros’ World Series 2017 win. Through original interviews with key figures in the scandal, Reiter gets to the bottom of what happened, who’s to blame, and why the scandal enraged the sports world more than any other in recent memory. He also answers the biggest question of all: What drove the most forward-thinking organization in the history of sports not just to the edge … but over it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, I was joined by Ben Reiter, who wrote the Sports Illustrated article predicting the Astros 2017 World Series Championship, The book, Astroball:The New Way To Win It All, and the new documentary podcast, The Edge, which he tries to get to the bottom of the Astros cheating scandal. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astrosbaseball/message

Tim and Sid react to the news of Joe Thornton signing a one-year deal in Toronto for the veteran minimum. Ben Reiter (24:38), the writer of Astroball, joins to discuss the Houston Astros’ postseason success and their cheating scandal leading up to this season. Chris Johnston (45:12) discusses the Maple Leafs acquiring Thornton and the […]

With the baseball playoffs in full swing, we have an awesome guest on the podcast. Author of Astroball, predictor of the 2017 World Series, and now host of the investigative podcast series The Edge...Ben Reiter, joins TCS. The boys are pumped to discuss his new podcast, the Astros’ glow-up/blow-up and Ben’s career covering the Astros (and sports in general). This is one you don’t want to miss! Intro/Outro: "All of The Lights" Kanye West Remix

On today’s episode, @stripehypebengals and I break down 14 NFL Games on Tap this week. Also, there are 4 elimination games in Baseball today, and Astroball is still well and alive, even after Jeff Luhnow’s firing

On this week’s episode of the Take It Easy Radio Show, how much emotion is healthy when rooting for sports teams. Astroball and Sign Stealing Breakup, MLB Wild Card Games, the NBA Finals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning finally getting that 1st Championship https://www.blogtalkradio.com/opentalkradio313

Season One of The Edge is a six-part documentary podcast, presented by Cadence13 and Prologue Projects, following best-selling Astroball author Ben Reiter as he investigates the cheating scandal that tarnished the Houston Astros' World Series 2017 win. Through original interviews with key figures in the scandal, Reiter gets to the bottom of what happened, who's to blame, and why the scandal enraged the sports world more than any other in recent memory. He also answers the biggest question of all: What drove the most forward-thinking organization in the history of sports not just to the edge … but over it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Astroball is the definitive account of the Houston Astros' unexpected rise to win the 2017 World Series, by the writer who famously predicted it three years earlier on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Somewhat overshadowed by the subsequent scandal surrounding the Astros, the book is nevertheless an insightful and gripping read, and one which chronicles one of the most remarkable reversals of fortune in baseball history. We were thrilled to be joined by the author, Ben Reiter, who told us the story of how the book came together, and also by Bill Metzger, from the Crawfish Boxes - an Astros fan community website - for the roundtable discussion section of the show. Please take a minute to rate and review the podcast, and please don't hesitate to get in touch with feedback and to suggest future content for the pod either via our website (www.RTGPod.com) or on Twitter @RTGPod. Hope you enjoy the show! ------------------ Here's a link to buy the book in the USA Here's a link to buy the book in the UK Here's a link to the Crawfish Boxes, the SB Nation Astros Community site.

Evan Silva of Establish the Run joins me to talk about his most recent mock draft. We get into Tampa Bay's prospects with Tom Brady and who the Bucs might draft in the first round. In discussing this year's quarterback class, Evan tells us whether he likes Tua Tagovailoa or Justin Herbert. He gives us two surprise predictions for the draft before ending with his thoughts on Astroball after the uncovering of the cheating scandal.

This is Martin BackPage speaking on another book podcast - yes, they do exist! - called Read All About It, where the host Paul Cuddihy asks guests to choose their five favourite and not so favourite books.There's some BackPage chat at the start where Martin talks about the development of the company and our Astroball book, then goes on to discuss his five choices.Hope you enjoy and we'll be back next week with a more regular episode of Between the Lines.Subscribe to Read All About It Follow on Twitter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Martin BackPage speaking on another book podcast - yes, they do exist! - called Read All About It, where the host Paul Cuddihy asks guests to choose their five favourite and not so favourite books.There’s some BackPage chat at the start where Martin talks about the development of the company and our Astroball book, then goes on to discuss his five choices.Hope you enjoy and we’ll be back next week with a more regular episode of Between the Lines.Subscribe to Read All About It Follow on Twitter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mis niños, un capitulo más del Podcast de Sneaker Open. Esta semana platicamos de un libro super interesante ASTROBALL que nos dice cómo ganar en todo, gracias a la data que nos pueden proveer diferentes fuentes y cómo aplicarla para mejorar un equipo, un proceso, etc.

本集先討論休士頓太空人偷暗號的調查報告，包括懲處總管 Jeff Luhnow 與 A.J. Hinch (1:04)、為何不罰老闆 Jim Crane (6:15)、500 萬罰金是否太少 (8:26)、主謀 Alex Cora 與 Carlos Beltran 因此下台 (12:02)、不罰球員的原因 (15:55)、跟米契爾報告相比 (24:11)、網路群眾蒐證力量與假消息滿天飛 (26:31)、偷暗號到底多有效 (32:15)、太空人球團文化 (36:29) 、大聯盟的社會意義和預防措施 (41:59) 與 Jessica Mendoza 批評 Mike Fiers (50:07)。再討論 Josh Donaldson 落腳明尼蘇達雙城 (53:24) 與 Alyssa Nakken 加入舊金山巨人教練團 (57:47)。「好書我來讀」分享 Ben Reiter 的《第二波魔球革命 Astroball》(1:01:25)，數據單元則提出 Donaldson 去年球季攻守兩端的成績 (1:28:04)。 *《Hito 大聯盟》官網：https://hitomlb.com/ *聽眾信箱，歡迎來信：https://hitomlb.com/mailbox-1f53ab352061

Ben Reiter, author of Astroball and Sports Illustrated Basbeall writer, joins Game Day to talk about Houston Astros cheating scandal, the future of Hinch and Lunhow and much more!

In the first hour of the show Matt Cauz is joined by the author of Astroball and SI Baseball writer, Ben Reiter to talk about the Astros cheating scandal. Matt also talks about why the Jays should hire Jeff Lunhow in some capacity

On this week's episode, I break down in full detail how the Astros stole signs during the 2017 season, and possibly beyond, en route to a World Series title, as well as that chaotic fight scene that ensued at the end of the Browns/Steelers Thursday Night game.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/this-week-in-sports/support

Riviviamo la settimana di Eurolegaue tra ampi scarti, conferme e sorprese:- L'upset dell'ASVEL con l' "Astroball" effect- Marco Martelli racconta la Zalgirio Arena (Part.2)- I budget delle squadre in numeri- Barcellona, Efes e Khimki continuano ad andare- Il Maccabi vola, il Fener rinasce- Fabio Cavagnera racconta l'inizio dell'Olimpia Milano 

In this episode, Justin sits down with Ben Reiter, Author of New York Times Bestseller, Astroball, and Senior writer at Sports Illustrated Magazine. talks about the the unique data and analytics that the Astros Organization used, that are talked about in his book and compares it to other organizations tactics, as well as discussing some of the positive that have been made over the past few years.  Leave a Review Enjoy listening? Support the show by leaving a review in iTunes. Sign Up and Win Click here to sign up to win a mini projector from Tendeka! OGGN Announcements We are excited to announce we have launched a brand new podcast, Permian Perspective sponsored by BHGE. Take a listen and leave a review. Street Team If you're interested in joining the street team, join our Facebook Group here. Upcoming Events HACK n WHACK Anyone out there in the Houston area interested in playing oilfield hockey? Come join the Hack n Whack crew for some old timer hockey. We do it every three weeks at Memorial City Mall ice rink. Hit me up on linkedin for more details.   OGGN DENVER HAPPY HOUR IBM Oilfield of Dreams Data, Digitization and Disruption API Energy Petroleum Club Meeting - Houston Chapter Algeria Oil & Gas Summit  OGGN is always accepting Happy Hour sponsors.  If you would like to get your company in front of our large young, professional audience, reach out to our Project Coordinator, Brooke Omachel by e-mail. More Oil and Gas Global Network Podcasts Oil and Gas This Week Podcast | Oil and Gas HS&E Podcast | Oil and Gas Startups Podcast Engage with Oil and Gas Global Network LinkedIn Group | Facebook | modalpoint | Lean Oilfield | WellHub Connect with Justin Gautier LinkedIn | E-Mail | Oil and Gas Global Network From Designated Hitter to Oilfield Account Management with Matthew Hoppens, Account Manager at Weatherford. - OGOS034

In this episode, Justin sits down with Ben Reiter, Author of New York Times Bestseller, Astroball, and Senior writer at Sports Illustrated Magazine. talks about the the unique data and analytics that the Astros Organization used, that are talked about in his book and compares it to other organizations tactics, as well as discussing some of the positive that have been made over the past few years.  Leave a Review Enjoy listening? Support the show by leaving a review in iTunes. Sign Up and Win Click here to sign up to win a mini projector from Tendeka! OGGN Announcements We are excited to announce we have launched a brand new podcast, Permian Perspective sponsored by BHGE. Take a listen and leave a review. Street Team If you're interested in joining the street team, join our Facebook Group here. Upcoming Events HACK n WHACK Anyone out there in the Houston area interested in playing oilfield hockey? Come join the Hack n Whack crew for some old timer hockey. We do it every three weeks at Memorial City Mall ice rink. Hit me up on linkedin for more details.   OGGN DENVER HAPPY HOUR IBM Oilfield of Dreams Data, Digitization and Disruption API Energy Petroleum Club Meeting - Houston Chapter Algeria Oil & Gas Summit  OGGN is always accepting Happy Hour sponsors.  If you would like to get your company in front of our large young, professional audience, reach out to our Project Coordinator, Brooke Omachel by e-mail. More Oil and Gas Global Network Podcasts Oil and Gas This Week Podcast | Oil and Gas HS&E Podcast | Oil and Gas Startups Podcast Engage with Oil and Gas Global Network LinkedIn Group | Facebook | modalpoint | Lean Oilfield | WellHub Connect with Justin Gautier LinkedIn | E-Mail | Oil and Gas Global Network From Designated Hitter to Oilfield Account Management with Matthew Hoppens, Account Manager at Weatherford. - OGOS034

Hello Big Interview listeners - you're about to hear something a little different, from BackPage, the producers of this fine show. It's the first episode in a new season of a podcast they make called Between the Lines - The Stories Behind Great Sportswriting. In each episode, either Martin or Neil, whose voices you'll know from our Q & A episodes, speaks to a book or author about a book or a long-form story they have written. In this episode, Neil speaks to Ben Reiter of Sports Illustrated, the author of Astroball - The New Way to Win It All. The book tells the story of how the Houston Astros went from the worst team in baseball to become serial winners. The strategies implemented there - in the fields of data, recruitment and player optimisation - have already begun to direct the next step in the evolution of elite football. Fans of Liverpool will be glad to hear their club namechecked by Ben in this chat. You can subscribe to Between the Lines from BackPage using the links below.Catch the new season and loads of archive episodes on the iphone podcast app or Spotify or on Google Podcasts for Android. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the first episode in the new season of Between the Lines!It's playoff time in Major League Baseball and Ben Reiter is back on Between the Lines to talk about Astroball: The New Way to Win it All.Astroball is the story of how the Houston Astros went from one of the worst teams in the history of the sport - nicknamed The Disastros - to a dynastic, long-term winning machine with an analysis, recruitment and development strategy that is the envy of decision makers in international pro sports. Like the Astros themselves, Ben's book focuses on both the human stories behind a superstar team and the new seams opened up in the sports-data revolution.Buy the book See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the first episode in the new season of Between the Lines!It's playoff time in Major League Baseball and Ben Reiter is back on Between the Lines to talk about Astroball: The New Way to Win it All.Astroball is the story of how the Houston Astros went from one of the worst teams in the history of the sport - nicknamed The Disastros - to a dynastic, long-term winning machine with an analysis, recruitment and development strategy that is the envy of decision makers in international pro sports. Like the Astros themselves, Ben's book focuses on both the human stories behind a superstar team and the new seams opened up in the sports-data revolution.Buy the book See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's podcast, Kevin and Brian discuss the Fair Pay to Play Act, the MLB playoffs, Moneyball vs. Astroball, and Week 5 of the NFL. On the B-side, film and acting along with Smackdown and AEW wrestling is discussed.

On this week's podcast, Kevin and Brian discuss the Fair Pay to Play Act, the MLB playoffs, Moneyball vs. Astroball, and Week 5 of the NFL. On the B-side, film and acting along with Smackdown and AEW wrestling is discussed.

Today we recap the league at the almost halfway mark through the season. We then dive in to the all-star voting and the very, very weird proposal the Rays are in on. We finish up by discussing "Astroball," a book we read during our time off.  

Major League Baseball is going through something called the tanking epidemic. Where did this movement come from and how did it start? Kazuki and Taro talk about the history of tanking along with current trends and team philosophies that are built and successful in tanking process including Astroball. For more updates about the show, please check out https://daylightinteractive.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

[Ben Reiter](https://twitter.com/BenReiter) joins the Taekcast to discuss his best-selling book about the Houston Astros organization, Astroball. Davis and Ben cover some key anecdotes from the book, how the Astros blend data and scouting, the value of intangibles, the heuristics of decision making, what is inside the Astros Black Box, how these lessons apply to the world of football and much more. www.patreon.com/taekcast SPONSORS www.dailyroto.com PROMO: RORY RotoExperts.com PROMO: MATTEK Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The president of the Houston Astros High-A affiliate Fayetteville Woodpeckers joins the Taekcast to discuss minor league baseball, the Smylie Kauffman/Natty Light deal that he helped ink, "Astroball", modern business, predictive analytics and much more. www.patreon.com/taekcast SPONSORS: ThriveFantasy.com  DailyRoto.com RotoExperts.com Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

We're joined in an interview with Astroball author Ben Reiter.

For the first full episode of What Would Sashi Do, we have the Godfather of Rotoworld, Evan Silva. Evan and Kevin discuss Evan’s experience at the NFL Combine, lessons learned from reading about MLB rebuilding from Astroball, how to target players with a “growth mindset,” and which teams should consider tanking *spoiler alert: lots of … Continue reading WWSD Ep.1 – Evan Silva, Rotoworld

Ben Reiter, author of "Astroball," joins us to talk about Sig Mejdal, who will be tasked with building an analytics department for the Orioles. Reiter and host Justin McGuire discuss Mejdal, new general manager Mike Elias and what Orioles fans can expect as the team tries to rebuild.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Reiter, author of "Astroball," joins us to talk about Sig Mejdal, who will be tasked with building an analytics department for the Orioles.Reiter and host Justin McGuire discuss Mejdal, new general manager Mike Elias and what Orioles fans can expect as the team tries to rebuild.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode covers some Astros news and then the first installment of my review of the book, Astroball. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astrosbaseball/message

The author of "Astroball" Ben Reiter talks about how he was able to make the prediction in 2014 when the Houston Astros were the worst team in baseball, that they would win the World Series in 2017. Ben is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and talks about how he had an open mind going into observing the Astros in 2014. We go over how the Astros were able to quantify most of the decisions they made and why scouts will never go away. Lastly we talk about Manny Machado and Bryce Harper as free agents this off-season.blastmotion.com Code: pjb25 for $25 off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Reiter, author of the new book Astroball, joins us to talk about this MLB season and the broader popularity of pro baseball. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the final hour Andy is joined by Wrestling Legend Mick Foley aka Mankind to chat about his Cross Canada tour entitled "20 Years of Hell" on the anniversary if the famous Hell in the Cell match against the Undertaker as well as Sports Illustrated Senior Baseball Writer Ben Reiter to chat about his new book "Astroball, The New Way to Win it All" all that and much more

The Sports Illustrated Senior Writer breaks down his new book Astroball:  The New Way to Win It All, chats MLB playoff races, his dream World Series, plays Rapid Fire and more with ML. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mike-lindsley-ml-sports-platter/support This podcast is sponsored by Anchor

Ben Reiter is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and the author of Astroball:  The New Way to Win It All.  He joined SI in 2004 a few years out of college and has written for them ever since. In 2014 Ben wrote a cover story for SI entitled YOUR 2017 WORLD SERIES CHAMPS featuring the then sorry Astros who were the laughingstock of baseball at the time.  Three years later, his prediction came true. His book chronicling the journey has been dubbed Moneyball 2.0. Our conversation blew me away in how closely the parallels have been between baseball management and fundamental investing over the last 15 years.  From the incorporation of data to the challenges in managing people, I suspect if you just change the names of the players and the labels for the process, this could be a full blown conversation about investing. Baseball may even be ahead of the data revolution in investing, and the story of the Astros could hint at lessons that money managers will need to apply going forward.  Discuss the show and Read the transcript   Join Ted's mailing list at CapitalAllocatorsPodcast.com   Write a review on iTunes   Follow Ted on twitter at @tseides   For more episodes go to CapitalAllocatorsPodcast.com/Podcast

In this episode, Ben and I talk about how he turned a 2014 SI article about the Houston Astros — when they were the worst team in all of baseball — into a book on the 2018 New York Times Best Seller list. Could the Astroball movie be next?! Ben reveals why it would be better than its predecessor, Moneyball. Listen for that, and much more!

Sports Illustrated MLB writer and author of "Astroball" Ben Reiter joined Len Martez, Zac Blobner and Steve Carney on Tuesday morning. When asked about how the Tampa Bay Rays have done what they've done this season overcoming so many obsticles, Reiter notes that the Rays are the best story going in MLB but very quietly.

This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Ben Reiter. Ben is a senior writer at Sports Illustrated and the author of the new book Astroball. He joined me to discuss his book and how the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Steve interviews Stewart Mandel(00:14:12) from The Athletic. Stewart and Steve talk about the growth of The Athletic, the direction the site is taking in their college football coverage, and the focus of his work specifically. Stewart and Steve also look at last year's playoff teams, hunt for sleeper to win the National Championship, and talk about the value of the non-conference schedule in the playoff era. Also, author and Sports Illustrated writer, Ben Reiter(00:49:47)stops by to talk about his new book. Ben talks about the evolution of Astroball from magazine article to best-selling book, reveals the night he decided to commit to writing it, and talks about promoting it. Ben also talks about the Astros trading for Justin Verlander, MLB teams trying to copy their success, and building a winner despite blowing 1-1 draft picks. Steve starts the show with a comprehensive update on the podcast and opens up about trying to book it. The book club announces a contest to win Jeff Pearlman's USFL book. The show ends with one last thing about Steve almost losing his mom. For more information follow the podcast on twitter @sports_casters Listeners with questions or concerns can email me: thesportscasters@gmail.com

Sports Illustrated senior writer Ben Reiter discusses his book Astroball: The New Way to Win It and how he correctly predicted in 2014 that the Houston Astros would win the 2017 World Series. Also, hosts Kirk Bohls and Cedric Golden break down Texas’ most critical non-quarterback issues going into fall camp.

In this episode I recap Sundays game vs Angels, update the standings, look ahead to the Rockies series, and hear a review of the book, Astroball, by listener Mark U. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/astrosbaseball/message

"ASTROBALL is really the result of several twists of fate. In 2014, in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, I wrote a cover story about what was then the worst team in baseball, one of the worst teams in baseball history, and we predicted on the cover that they would win the 2017 World Series. And then they actually did. I just had to write a book about the new techniques they used to get from the bottom to the top." Learn more: http://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/586547/astroball/

Ben Reiter of Sports Illustrated joined Ron Diaz and Jay Recher on Thursday afternoon. Ben talked to us about his new book, Astroball, On how the Astros turned it around and if the Rays are following the same path. He also discussed the recent article he put together on where Sammy Sosa is now.