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[WIP] December 2021

Just wanted to give you all a quick Work in Progress Update on the channel and what I've been working on.* Baseball Bits is coming soon, hopefully this weekend. You won't be too surprised by the topic. The video will be titled The Year of Ohtani. That tells you everything you need to know.* ...

Here's what I'm thinking, charity-wise

Hey. I'm going to be donating last month's Patreon earnings to various charities this month. Got a lot of great suggestions from you all, so I just thought I'd list out my current plan.LOCAL (to me)Lost-n-Found Youth https://lnfy.org/ - Had this one come up a couple times. One patron has...

It's time for me to give back, and I need your help

Hey all,I'll try to make this brief. I'm working on a Baseball Bits for December, but I didn't make one in November. That means you all just collectively paid about $2,000 for very little on my part, just the Q&A and some Foolish Bailey stuff. And I don't even think I'm gonna do ...

Patreon Q&A - November 2021

Q&A PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lJFzNSaN7SE7AAWRLGyfnf4S2oONOm-1:15 - Ozzie Albies full time RHH?3:25 - Frank Schwindel sustainable?4:40 - Will "meh" teams buy at the deadline?6:40 - Weaker free agency positions?8:30 - Marte or Castellanos for Mets?10:00 - Comeback pla...

Patreon Q&A November 2021 - Collecting Your Questions!

We're back baby! Submit your questions for this month's video Q&A, and I'll be back to respond to them in the middle of the month. Keep in mind that the World Series will be well over by the time I get around to recording, but the offseason will be fresh and new with tons of free agents ...

EXCLUSIVE Patreon livestream - live now!

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[NEW VIDEO] MLB's Weirdest Pitcher Doesn't Need Strikeouts

New patrons through 10/6 get their names in the credits of this one. Thanks for all the support this season!-Bailey

Hey, drop your Youtube channel here!

Welp. You all voted overwhelmingly yes on making the Patreon livestream of the NL Wild Card game available for everyone. Apparently, you all are much more generous than I am.However, as was proposed to me by runrin, I think it would be smart to give Patrons some sort of signifier in chat. The best w...

Wild Card livestream poll

Hey all,Not sure if you tuned in to tonight's livestream of the AL Wild Card game, but it went very well. Much better than I thought it would. The VOD is available on Foolish Bailey with chat replay if you want.I'm posing this as a question to you all.Tomorrow is the NL Wild Card, which I or...

Wild Card livestream reminder

Hello all,Just a reminder that I'll be livestreaming during the Wild Card games this week in lieu of the monthly video Q&A. Although I'll be happy to interact in chat and answer questions there when you have them.My current plan is to livestream for the general public during AL Wild Card Gam...

Patreon Q&A - September 2021

1:00 - Does pitcher offense matter?3:00 - What has gotten into Salvy Perez?3:55 - Is defense a market inefficiency?6:40 - Effects of automatic strike zone?8:15 - What's up with CJ Cron?10:15 - Team of players I've made a video on?11:30 - Defensive stats explanation?13:15 - Honest opinion on ...

[NEW VID] Let’s Watch Rickey Henderson Play Baseball!

enjoy!

[WIP] September 2021

Just wanted to give you all a quick Work in Progress update.* Baseball Bits will be released either Tuesday or Wednesday this week. It will be a lengthy episode about of the game's most iconic legends, Rickey Henderson. It will be much less dependent on stats/analytics than my usual stuff, but t...

Patreon Q&A September 2021 - Collecting Your Questions!

Whoops! Sorry for not getting this up sooner. Feel free to use this as a thread to post your questions for this month's video Q&A. Please just one question per patron.Previous Q&A's can be viewed in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lJFzNSaN7SE7AAWRLGyfnf4S2oONOm-Best,B...

[NEW VIDEO] How Good Is Yadier Molina, Really?

New patrons through 8/16 have their name in the credits. Thank you and enjoy!

[WIP] 8/16/21

Hey all,Just wanted to leave behind a quick Work in Progress update. The next Baseball Bits should be out this weekend, likely on Saturday. The subject is Yadier Molina, who will join the esteemed Foolish Baseball catching ranks with Jeff Mathis and Rod Barajas.New patrons through 8/16 will have the...

Patreon Q&A - August 2021

1:20 - expansion sites?2:55 - AL East end result?4:40 - Mets pessimism? 6:15 - switching to Olympic ball?7:10 - rules as CBA negotiation tactic?9:00 - surprise trade deadline move?10:35 - save player from injuries?11:30 - uncommon analytics?13:25 - trade deadline seller winner?14:35 - major leaguers...

Patreon Q&A August 2021 - Collecting Your Questions!

First off, let me give a warm welcome to new patrons. I was lucky enough to receive many new pledges last month, so I thank you all for doing that.This is the post where you all can drop off your questions for this month's video Q&A. Please just one question per patron. I will say that I'm p...

[NEW VIDEO] Chris Davis’s Streak Was a One in a Million Life Lesson

Sorry for not keeping y'all in the loop about this one. Between my vacation during the All Star break and working to get sponsor approval, I really had no clue when I was going to get this Baseball Bits out.Keep an eye out for the next Baseball Bits in August as well, as I'll be doing Patreo...

Patreon Q&A - July 2021

Sorry for offsync audio again. In the future, I'll just record these with my old camera which doesn't have these problems. 2:35 - can you explain wRC+? 5:00 - astros vs white sox?5:45 - MLB draft content?7:00 - rookie of the year frontrunners?7:55 - most competitive division?8:40 - hall of v...

Patreon Q&A July 2021 - Collecting your questions!

Hey all,Use this thread to drop off your Patreon Q&A question for July 2021. Just one question per patron, please.I'll return with my answers in the middle of the month.You can view previous Q&As with this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lJFzNSaN7SE7AAWRLGyfnf4S2oONOm--Bailey

[NEW VIDEO] The Anti-deGrom

New patrons through 6/20 have their names featured in the credits of this one. Enjoy!

[WIP] 6/21/21

Hey all,Just wanted to offer a work in progress update surrounding the channel(s). This week will be the 2023 season of OOTP on Foolish Bailey, and it'll be the last season before the series goes on hiatus. I definitely plan to return to it at some point, but there will be a gap before I get bac...

Patreon Q&A - June 2021

PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lJFzNSaN7SE7AAWRLGyfnf4S2oONOm-0:50 - favorite baseball book?2:10 - what do you make of moncada?3:45 - degrom as one of the best pitchers ever?5:10 - how to judge team success?6:55 - sabathia vs manny?9:00 - cubs buyers or sellers?9:55 - best playof...

[WIP] Out of the Park Baseball is back on the menu...

ANNOUNCEMENT! I have returned to my roots by recording an Out of the Park Baseball 22 series! It will be released Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for the next few weeks on my 2nd channel, Foolish Bailey. If you're missing that OOTP content, it'll be right here-> https://www.youtube.com/c/Fo...

Patreon Q&A June 2021 - Collecting your questions!

Hey all,Use this thread to drop off your Patreon Q&A question for this month. Just one question per patron, please.I'm going to start answering the questions this weekend, so I should have the video out and recorded by the 10th of the month.Did you know we've been doing this for a year now? ...

[NEW VIDEO] The Most Important Hit in MLB History

Enjoy!

[WIP] May 2021

Hey all,Just a quick work in progress update. I'm hoping to get the next Baseball Bits out on Saturday. It will be about the 1960 World Series. This video will be sponsored, so I won't be doing new patron thank-yous until June. Keep in mind, I already got to most of the recent pledges with t...

Patreon Q&A - May 2021

0:25 - content in spanish?2:25 - surprises and disappointments?3:55 - all-time african american team?6:50 - most fun player to watch?8:10 - which mariners outfielder?9:20 - favorite father/son duo?10:30 - team approaching 2003 tigers?11:45 - manager's commentary track?12:50 - 500 homer golden ag...