Baseball writer Rany Jazayerli on fandom, and growing up Muslim in America

February 20, 2018 00:50:37
Baseball writer Rany Jazayerli on fandom, and growing up Muslim in America
Deviate
Baseball writer Rany Jazayerli on fandom, and growing up Muslim in America

Feb 20 2018 | 00:50:37

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Hosted By

Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“When you are more focused with how other people are practicing their faith than how you are practicing it yourself, you have gone down the wrong path.” – Rany Jazayerli

Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) is a Chicago-area dermatologist, sportswriter, and co-founder of the Baseball Prospectus website. In 1998 he developed the statistical concept of Pitcher Abuse Points (PAP), which evaluates the impact of high pitch-counts in baseball.

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf talks to Rany about growing up the son of Syrian immigrant parents in Wichita (3:40); Rany’s move to Saudi Arabia at a young age, and his relationship with Islam, Syria, and America (14:30); the renowned 19th century Arab religious and military leader Abd el-Kader (19:00); perceptions and realities surrounding the Islamic faith and its place in American society (27:00); and Rany’s predictions for the upcoming baseball season (47:30).

For more recent articles from Rany, check out his Ringer article archive.

Notable Links

The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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