Here’s my conversation with Barry Svrluga, national baseball writer for the Washington Post, about his book, “The Grind: Inside Baseball’s Endless Season.” I asked him how players stay focused and in shape over the course of 162 games (not to mention spring training and post-season), including those — like the Phillies — who have no chance of making the playoffs. We also talked about how relief pitchers deal with not knowing whether they’ll get into a game on certain days, the impact of the schedule on players’ wives and kids, and how everything would fall apart if it weren’t for each team’s equipment guy.
Listen to our conversation here.