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Jonah Keri Podcast: Mel Didier and Emma Span

Grantland Network

September 23, 2014

Jonah Keri talks to legendary MLB scout Mel Didier about his impact on the 1988 World Series and his run-in with Fidel Castro, and to Sports Illustrated editor Emma Span about the Mets and what we should look for in a sports commissioner.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgPOfql3AFw

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Filed Under: Grantland Network, Podcasts, Mel Didier, Emma Span, Sports Illustrated, MLB, New York Mets, Fidel Castro

Jonah Keri is a staff writer for Grantland. His book The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team From Worst to First is a New York Times best seller. The paperback edition of his new book, Up, Up, and Away, on the history of the Montreal Expos, is now available.

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