SABRcast with Rob Neyer: Ricky Cobb (Episode #23)

September 2, 2019/by Jason Best

Baseball fans, tune in this season to SABRcast with Rob Neyer, a new weekly podcast hosted by award-winning author and longtime SABR member Rob Neyer. SABRcast will feature insights and analysis of what’s happening in modern baseball on and off the field, plus compelling interviews with figures from around the game — and music from The Baseball Project.

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Neyer is a longtime baseball writer and editor for ESPN.com, SB Nation, and FoxSports.com. He began his career as a research assistant for groundbreaking baseball author Bill James and later worked for STATS, Inc. He has also written or co-written seven baseball books, including The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers (with Bill James), winner of the Sporting News/SABR Baseball Research Award, and most recently Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game, winner of this year’s CASEY Award.

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Episode #23: September 2, 2019

Our guest this week is Ricky Cobb, founder of the popular Super 70s Sports sports and culture Twitter account and podcast. Named by Sports Illustrated as a “must-follow” Twitter account, Super 70s Sports boasts an enthusiastic audience of nearly 300,000 followers. Super 70s Sports has worked collaboratively on successful projects with major pro teams such as the San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Rays, and Washington Wizards. Since 2003, Ricky has been a sociology professor at Moraine Valley Community College outside of Chicago.

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