4min chapter

Know Your Enemy cover image

Why Conservatives Love Baseball (w/ David Roth)

Know Your Enemy

CHAPTER

Baseball and Jackie Robinson, the Glory of Their Times

The sport is built to make success extremely hard at every level like when you're in the minors, you're getting exploited. When you get to the majors until 1973 you are locked in with a team unable to move unless the owner decides to trade you or cut you lose. This was a great summer for Aaron Judge chasing the Roger Maris home run record because there was so much talk about what is the real record? You've got Barry Bond, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGuire all hit more than one homer but they were all on steroids. We're presuming that  Aaron Judge wasn't amphetamine-addicted. And then you know Babe Ruth would be the guy that holds

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode