"Freakonomics Radio," the new multiplatform project featuring book co-author Stephen Dubner, launched this week with a podcast and radio segment on baseball. The approach is making unexpected but
verifiable connections between seemingly unrelated data. The debut Marketplace segment investigates how the current 18-year low in baseball scores could be related to steroid testing in baseball --
and how it's not pitchers who are getting better at the game, but the "undervalued commodity" of defensive players who are keeping winning margins much tighter. To help connect the dots, Dubner checks
in with Harry Ralston, manager of the San Diego Padres and former AL outfielder Doug Glanville.
