Jul 30, 2019

Which players had the greatest consecutive ten year stretches, using bWAR as a gauge? Join Pesach and Scott for a discussion about the results of this experiment, the greatness of Willie Mays and Walter Johnson, the relative merits of A-Rod and Pujols, Trout's place on the list, the missing catchers, and much more....

Jul 23, 2019

The Hall of Fame inducted its new members on Sunday, and the Baseball Rabbi is here to tell you amazing stats you never knew about each one of them. (Except Harold Baines. You already know everything you need to know about him.) Indeed, Pesach and Scott offer new ways of looking at Halladay, Mariano, Edgar, Mussina,...

Jul 16, 2019

What are the greatest teams ever to play Major League Baseball? Pesach says that run differential - both per game and per season - provides part of the answer, but also explains why this alone is likely insufficient. He and Scott also look into whether it's easier to be bad than to be good, and how the answer affects...

Jul 9, 2019

Pesach hasn't watched an All Star Game since 1983, and he's proud of it. Why does he dislike it so?  (Scott is like everyone else: the game is fine, whatever, nice break, who cares.) Once they get past that discussion, they deal with the historically unusual disparity in the American League, the crazy parity in the NL...

Jul 2, 2019

It's always nice to see a team with a chance to do something truly historic; and when two teams are racing toward the same goal, the excitement is doubled. Unfortunately for people in Baltimore and Detroit, the race is for the all-time worst run differential. (And you better believe that it matters.) Join Pesach and...