Author and journalist Keith Law helps Daniel Ford and Mike Nelson celebrate Major League Baseball's upcoming Opening Day by discussing his books The Inside Game and Smart Baseball. Law also chats about the analytics revolution, the use and abuse of amateur pitchers, and why great writers have to be great readers. To learn more about Keith Law, visit his official website and read his work for The Athletic. Also follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Smart Baseball was featured in September 2017's "Books That Should Be On Your Radar" and The Inside Game landed in September 2021's #bookradar. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, A Mighty Blaze podcast, and Write-Off with Francesca Steele.