Podcast Episodes

Lew Burdette's Complete Pitching Lessons, Milwaukee Braves at New York Yankees, 1957 World Series Game 7

Season 1 Episode 103

What options do you have when your Game 7 starting pitcher falls ill? For the Milwaukee Braves in 1957, the answer was to call back Lew Burdette from two days' rest to pitch in the winner-takes-all d…

Published on 12 hours ago

Passeau's Near Perfect Pitching, Chicago Cubs at Detroit Tigers, October 5, 1945

Season 1 Episode 102

The 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs an the Detroit Tigers is all square heading into Game 3 game apiece.

The Cubs starting pitcher is 36-year-old veteran Claude Passeau, and he's about to …

Published on 1 week ago

The Pilots' All-Stars, New York Yankees at Seattle Pilots, May 14, 1969

Season 1 Episode 101

The Seattle Pilots organisation spent just one year in Seattle before moving to Milwaukee and rebranding as the Brewers. With just one year on the books, the Pilots' record brings up some interesting…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Go West, Young Man, Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Dodgers, October 8, 1959

Season 1 Episode 100

Two years after the Dodgers and the Giants moved to California to establish Major League Baseball on the West Coast, the Dodgers found themselves in the World Series.

Following three games in the Los…

Published on 3 weeks ago

The Mighty Masanori Murakami, Giants At Mets, August 29 1965

Masanori Murakami may only have two lines in his yearly stages, and just 54 Major League games to his credit, but as the first Japanese player in the MLB his place in the history of our Great Game is…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sometimes It's Just A Game Of Baseball, Senators at White Sox, July 21, 1937

Season 1 Episode 98

Some weeks, we pick out a game that is a pivotal moment in a team's history. Other weeks, we have a classic matchup. Maybe it's a game of a storied player early in their career?

Not today. Today, it's…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Why They Named The AL Batting Title After Rod Carew, Athletics at Twins, April 21, 1969

Season 1 Episode 97

The 1969 season is underway, and the Minnesota Twins' Rod Carew is already raking up the hits. After seven games, he's posting .388. That form will continue through the rest of the year, his eventual…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

When The Strikes Go On Strike, Yankee at Pirates, Game 7, World Series 1960

Season 1 Episode 96

The New York Mets put up a strike-less game in the 2024 National League Championship game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. It's a rare feat, but even rare are both sides forgetting to get any strikes…

Published on 1 year ago

All The Pennants In A Row, Athletics at Orioles, October 4, 1971

Season 1 Episode 95

MLB’s first three years of post-season action saw the Baltimore Orioles appear each year. In 1971, the Oakland Athletic appeared for the first time and would have their own consecutive run of five ye…

Published on 1 year ago

Game 165, Giants at Dodgers, October 3, 1962

Season 1 Episode 94

As the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves meet for Game 161 and Game 162 to decide who goes into the 2024 Postseason, it's a chance to look back at some of the tiebreakers in the regular season, an…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago