The Imaginary Finnish baseball league podcast: Recent Episodes
Roni Somerkoski
A semi-regular podcast dedicated to the happenings in the Finnish Offseason Baseball League, a fast-sim OOTP league. Online at fakebaseball.xyz/FOBL
Who will win the last title in FOBL history? In a wide open playoff field with a dominant player (Lapua) and a bunch of other teams vying to beat them, the Commish takes a deep dive into each club to figure out who might be the final champion of fake Finnish baseball.
The Commish preps for our last season ever, by talking about who is looking good as we pull the trigger on the first half of Season 16. Will the playoffs be predictable? Have we already witnessed the last-ever trade in FOBL history? Will the Commish use the last 2 months of our Statsplus subscription to simulate the league as a bot?
The last season in Finland is nearing! We'll briefly discuss free agency, but mostly the Commish thanks you for playing and talks about what to look forward to in the most epic free agency period in league history.
The mid-season draft is back! Who are the 5 or so players worth taking?! Also, we recap the first half of the season where we see a whole new changing of the guard and speculate wildly about whether any of these teams has what it takes to claim a title this year.
The mid-season draft is back! Who will pick first? Listen to the show & find out. Also, we recap free agency very briefly and talk what's to come this season.
In this impromptu episode, the Commish once again ponders the league future. Should we repatriate the league to the US? Or just call it quits after Season 15? Also, who will be our champion this year?!? We're about to find out, but the Commish predicts!
With the 2nd half of Season 14 happening tonight, what should we expect? The Commish checks out the landscape and throws out some wild guesses! Also: What should FOBL future look like? Commish throws out some ideas.
A brief episode from the Commish to look at the post-draft landscape, and what the league looks like after the dust settles and contenders try to force themselves into rebuild mode. Who might benefit among the bottom 7?
A weird season to end the weirdest years on historical record? Why not?! The Commish takes a look at the season and gives his bulletin board material for the teams he doesn't pick to win it all!
Too many pitchers? Don't ignore those future bop stars on the hitting side in this draft class. The Commish takes a quick look at the pool, banters about the season that past and waxes about the old days when teams barely had two starters at all.
In this episode, The Commish (tm) rants about Hot Stove League deals and the Sotkamo magic that looks to continue for years to come! He also rants about potential free agents you ought to spend money for, how Kuopio needs to stop wasting Gabe Britt and how he thinks it's really doesn't think the playoffs will change much besides the 7th seed in the upcoming season. Listen and then prove him wrong!
Sotkamo repeats! Kouvola falls just short. Joensuu upends the natural order of things! The Season 11 recap, The Commish talks award winners & throws out some names you ought to add to your draft lists now in advance of Monday.
We're back at it for another season! The Commish drags out the crystal ball & tells us who is forecasted to be dancing later this week as we embark on another road for flair tonight. This episode brought to you by Subby Industries.
The Commish takes a look at the draft pool, talks ready-made players and looks at the forecast a bit for the future. The usual banter ensues.
The Commish recaps the big free agency period and makes his early predictions for the upcoming Season 10 extravaganza next week.
The Commish does a quick free agency preview looking at the shiny new international players that want your newfound spending cap. Also, a quick look at the draft and the teams who have big possibilities in this big off-season!
The Commish gets out his crystal ball and predicts the outcome of the 1939 playoffs! Will this be Lapua's year? Can Hyvinkaa do the improbable and repeat? Is Kuopio heading for dynasty status? Or will an underdog surprise us all?!
Is Kouvola for real with their weird Tampa-like pitching staff? In this episode, the Commish looks at the results so far and wonders who'll be flaring it up in on Wednesday night.
The Commish takes a look at the upcoming 1939 season, makes his predictions and drops a few morsels about upcoming changes to the post-season format, as well as some under-the-hood fixes.
Hyvinkaa wins it all! We talk draft philosophy, take a look at the current and upcoming free agency classes with the cap increase impending & discuss whether we think any upstarts can crash the playoff party in the upcoming season.
Defending champs out of the gate hot, everyone else is chasing. A quick look at the first-half and a glimpse into the 2nd half to see who'll be playing for all the marbles on Friday. Also, the commish talks future international leagues.
A short recap of the post-season for 1937, with some glimpse into free agency and what we have to look forward in the upcoming year with much of the league in flux.
Fast & furious: The Commish takes a gander at the big moves in the post-season and lets us know what to look out for in the 2nd half.
The first-half for Season 7 begins tonight. DC rants about trades (or lack thereof) and a brief interlude about the chaos that'll be ensuing real soon.
Giving Joensuu their just desserts is the theme of this episode. We take a look at a few of the clubs season's, the Commish goes on a rant encouraging you all to make more trades and stop standing pat. And we forecast a bit of the ideas clanging around in the Commish's head that he won't implement (yet).
Will an expansion team go all Vegas on us and make the post-season in Year 1? Can Hyvinkaa repeat their magic? Is Vimpeli built for a repeat? The Commish gets out his crystal ball and tells us what to look for in the upcoming 1936 (Season 6) season.
The Commish takes a quick look at the draft that passed, stares at your farm systems, and assuages fears of big losses in the expansion draft after looking at the eligible players for each team.
The Commish talks philosophy a bit, but mostly previews the post-season series & gets geeked about the upcoming crowning our a NEW CHAMPION!
With 81 games in the books, what's the story of the 5th season of fake Finnish baseball? Is Hyvinkää for real? Can Sotkamo recover and make it back to vie for a third straight title? Is Pori still doing Pori things? All this, along with a brief chat about prospects scouts have found, and the upcoming draft schedules this off-season with THREE drafts planned.
Who were the winners & losers of the off-season? The Commish takes a look at the signings, talks about who he's excited about seeing in the upcoming season & thinks aloud about changes to the Filipino draft (maybe?)
The Commish gets out his crystal ball & looks way ahead to a world with expansion teams. Also: Should the Filipino & Brazilian leagues go away? What about their players? The Commish kicks the idea around.
The Commish talks off-season & recaps the regular season that was. Salary cap changes (in six years!) and looks briefly at the draft, as well as the Filipino imports from Brazil who we have to look forward to in the upcoming season.
It's the mid-season break in Season 4, what teams should make deals? What teams should stand pat? Who are the real contenders? The Commish plays auctioneer!
The Commish talks Filipino draft changes with Brazilians? A draft lottery era is upon us, and we take a look at all of the Season 4 clubs briefly to assess who'll make the post-season in our first go-round with 162 game schedule.
After Season 3 comes down to the wire, the Commish recaps the season and take a look at the candidates for various league awards.
On this brief episode, the Commish talks 2nd half and how it all might shake out. He also makes his predictions for who will win it all on Friday night and takes a brief glance at the new college & HS leagues to talk about names you'll want on your list.
Another season upcoming, what should we expect? The Commish talks his MVP & Pitcher of the Year picks and takes a look at the Filipino League free agents. Also, a special interview with a future FOBL hopeful currently playing in the Brazilian League.
On this episode, we recap the season that was! The Commish takes a look at the Filipino League incoming players, we talk about this season's free agent impact players, and discuss exciting draftees impending among the amateurs. Also: some easter eggs if you listen to the end.
We're halfway through our second season! The Filipino League free agent draft is complete. We talk about the winners & losers of the FA draft, take a look at the standings heading into tomorrow's 2nd half finish & the commish makes a few predictions!
We're off to our second season with a whirlwind of brief FA activity. In this episode, the Commish talks draft day and talks winners & losers. We'll look at the surprise teams that won free agency, predict a Rookie of the Year and talk a bit of strategy with the impending Filipino League summer draft looming and first-half of the season knocking.
Pori are the Suomen Mestari! In this episode, we talk about some of the standouts of the season, preview the draft, and look at the free agents from the Brazilian league that are incoming.
A quick pre-sim recap of the action we've had so far, with a glimpse into the sprint to the end of the season.
With free agency out of the way and spring training on the cusp, what sort of things should we be looking out for in this first season in fast-sim FOBL? Will Pori steamroll the west? Will Helsinki dominate the east? Or will one of the other takers in both divisions give them a run for their money en route to the LCS? The Commish ran the numbers and will talk about it on this first (and potentially, last) episode of the official podcast of FOBL.