ESPN’s own baseball savant Jeff Passan joins John to talk everything from the current state of baseball, to his evolution from reporter to newsbreaker. Includes a trade mark PASSAN BOMB at the end of the pod – but perhaps not
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Episode 155 – Mark Simon, Sports Info Solutions
Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions joins Russell to discuss the latest edition of the Fielding Bible, the updated Defensive Runs Saved metric, and SABR, plus how Matt Chapman is even better than you thought, and how you can get
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Episode 154 – Rick Teasley Returns
Pitcher Rick Teasley returns to the podcast to share stories of his 2019 in the Atlantic League as MLB used them as a testing ground for the new automated strike zone, and his reasons for moving over to Cleburne of
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Episode 152 – OOTP Baseball’s Rich Grisham
Tom is joined by Out Of The Park (OOTP) Baseball’s Chief Operating Officer, Rich Grisham. They talk about how Rich got into OOTP, how he come to work with them, some of the challenges facing the team, where the game
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Episode 151 – Autobiographical Baseball
New recruit Rachel Steinberg hits the ground running by asking John, Darius and Rob to chart their baseball autobiographies in five players. Listen to “Episode 151 – Autobiographical Baseball” on Spreaker. Photo credit Tony Ranze/AFP via Getty Images Embed
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Episode 150 – Derrick Goold, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Russell talks to Derrick Goold, Cardinals beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the team’s efforts to become an international brand, Derrick’s love of London, and his participation in a world record. Listen to “Episode 150 – Derrick Goold,
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Episode 149 – Mason’s Murder Mansion Ft. Joe Pisapia
Justin Mason and Joe Pisapia come on the show to educate Tom and Rob on the ways of Fantasy Baseball. During the show they discuss Justin’s murder basement he’s recording from, Joe wanting to fight dudes bigger than him, oh
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Episode 148 – The Pizza Perspective
Brandon Lee and Alex Crisafulli join Russell and Darius to give the American perspective on the upcoming Cubs-Cardinals series in London, from the players to watch on each team to their outlook on the season, and the all-important issue of
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Episode 147 – Emergency pod: You Betts-er believe
Tom, John, Russell and special guest Joey Bailey from Four Bases combine to run through the blockbuster Mookie Betts trade that took place last night. 20 minutes in, Tom’s computer shits itself and he’s gone from the pod. So stick
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Episode 137 – Volvos Of Baseball
Tom returns! He’s joined by the ever present Darius Austin and the young spunk, Ben Carter. Tom immediately takes them off track by discussing a twitter storm from the past 24-hours, then the latest mobile games available for Android, before
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