Laurila: What ballplayers talk about when they talk about baseball
From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on July 9, 2018:
As a fan, you engage in baseball talk with family, friends, and acquaintances. What those conversations consist of will vary, depending on a number of factors. Level of interest. Overall (or nuanced) knowledge of the game. Current hot topics. Favorite teams and players. They all play into the baseball-related interactions you have on a day-to-day basis.
What about the players themselves? What do they talk to each other about when they’re talking baseball? I posed that question to a cross section of players — a dozen in all — over the course of the last month or so. Here is what they had to say.
Read the full article here: https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/players-view-what-ballplayers-talk-about-when-they-talk-about-baseball/
Originally published: July 12, 2018. Last Updated: July 12, 2018.