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Interview with Long-Toss Pioneer Alan Jaeger

Dec 11, 2015

Many of the best pitchers who have not gotten injured in their career partake in long-toss for a number of reasons, so hosts Jack McNeil and Jeff Snider discuss long-toss with a pioneer in that business, Alan J...

Just Spitballin’ Episode 8: Talking “The Game” with Author Jon Pessah

Jeff J. Snider

Jun 17, 2015

Features, Podcasts

In Episode 8 of Just Spitballin', Jeff and Josh talked with Jon Pessah, author of the book The Game: Inside the Secret World of Major League Baseball's Power Brokers. The interview, which begins at 13:25, cover...

It’s All Been Done Before: Defensive Shifts and Taking Walks

Jeff J. Snider

Feb 24, 2015

Baseball History, Features

Ah, sportswriters. Quote 1: "You must admit that he never has done anything in the big games, the clutch games down the stretch. ... You may say it is coincidence, but I say he is up there waiting for the ba...

What to Think of New Pace of Play Rules

Jeff J. Snider

Feb 20, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, Opinions & Predictions

Over the final few weeks of the offseason, most of the energy that wasn’t spent analyzing the whats, whys, and hows of everything Alex Rodriguez does has been focused on Major League Baseball’s ever-growing ave...

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Interview with Long-Toss Pioneer Alan Jaeger

Just Spitballin’ Episode 8: Talking “The Game” with Author Jon Pessah

It’s All Been Done Before: Defensive Shifts and Taking Walks

What to Think of New Pace of Play Rules