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                  THE BASEBALL RABBI PODCAST

 

Welcome to The Baseball Rabbi Podcast - where Pesach Wolicki and Scott Kahn talk sabermetrics and baseball history, with a dose of fandom, fWAR, and Fenway.

Jul 26, 2018

When you think of Andrelton Simmons, you probably think of the phenomenal fielder with the so-so bat. But in 2018, Simmons is doing something amazing at the plate which has, quite simply, never been done before. Join the Baseball Rabbi, Pesach Wolicki, and his hearty sidekick Scott Kahn, for a discussion of why...


Jul 19, 2018

A lot of sportswriters wondered why so many good free agents remained unsigned in January and February 2018, and ultimately signed for bargain basement prices. Was this a result of bad teams saving money rather than making the right moves to improve? The Baseball Rabbi revisits the issue (even though everyone...


Jul 19, 2018

The 2018 season is shaping up to be one of the all-time worst in terms of batting average, but in many ways is fundamentally different from all previous seasons with a sub-.250 MLB average. What has changed? Why is there such a noticeable increase in home runs while average and OBP have declined? And if there is a...


Jul 19, 2018

The Baltimore Orioles are in the midst of a historically bad season, made even worse by the fact that just a few years ago, they had the chance to climb the World Series mountain - and failed. Is this just a normal symptom the regular rise and fall of mid market teams in the Major Leagues, or is there a villain to the...


Jul 19, 2018

Who is the Baseball Rabbi, and how did he acquire his august title? What will you learn by listening, and how can you join the conversation? Sit at the feet of one of baseball's greatest scholars, and you, too, will soon be spouting stats and sabermetrics. Listen now!