Why do we charge the mound? | George Brett vs. Milt Wilcox

Hey, it's Jon again, and I've got Episode 8 of The History of Charging the Mound for you. It concerns the 1980 mound-charging between George Brett and Milt Wilcox, and as I divulge early in the episode, I do not have any video of the fight to show you, as it appears to not exist. As such, it was a fairly risky choice to make it the subject of its own episode, but I went forward with it for two reasons. First, these guys gave me excuses to wander off on several fun tangents, and I love tangents.

Such as taking a break here to say I bet you'd love the feature length Nolan Ryan vs. Robin Ventura which is now available on Patreon here: patreon.com/SecretBase/posts/full-episode-vs-165598615

Second, it offered me a lot of insight into one of the big questions that's propelled this entire project forward: why do batters charge the mound? Within this episode, I think George Brett demonstrates just how sophisticated this business can really be. Sometimes you're furious and you don't fight somebody. Sometimes you're not, and you do. And quite often, batters run up on a pitcher not because they want to, but because they feel they have to.

Video by Jon Bois

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