re: Best MiLB podcast on Skenes

Since there is so much conversation I’ll start.

- Goes into him accidentally creating his ‘splinker’ which gave him 5 pitches
- His frustration with his IP (until this week after the podcast) because the Pirates know they have a squad and a current rookie #1 or #2 already with Jones so they want to keep Skenes ready for September/October
- Interview sound is bad but Skenes comes across very grounded and talks a lot about his start as a catcher and why it affects how he approaches the game
- How he’s already faced a couple major leaguers that are going through rehabs and they were just as lost as the minor leagues against Paul

- Not trying to get political but I thought this was interesting. Keep in mind these guys are MiLB podcasters so they don’t care about politics, hell because they see more of ‘Murica’ than most people here. But during 2020-2021 they were caught up a lot in the progressive wave a bit, but not TOO bad. But I don’t know if it’s because I’m from a Marine/Air Force family, but I appreciated how Sam noticed specifically HOW Paul stood for the national anthem. It’s not a big deal (even though this paragraph is long) but I thought it was a nice touch to their personal feelings after watching so many minor leaguers. Maybe I’m just drunk on this last leg of my flights

- On an actual political note, this podcast was where I learned about (IMO) the greatest tradition in MiLB when on July 4th, the Iowa Cubs get 40-50 immigrants that have gone through the legal process to become citizens and a judge gives an amazing speech to swear them in during the game. Highly recommend going back and listening to the speech on their podcast for July 4th in 2021 for this