Podcast Episodes
Back to Search200 - Baseball and National Tragedy: The RFK Assassination w/ Fred Frommer
Season 5 Episode 200
Fred Frommer is an author, journalist, editor and sports and politics historian. He is a regular contributor to The Washington Post, where his storie…
1 year, 11 months ago
199 - The Good, the Not Really That Bad and the Ultimately Ugly
Season 5 Episode 199
This week Craig and Rex review three newish releases -- Beyonce's brilliant "Carter Country," Pearl Jam's not so bad "Dark Matter" and Motley Crue's …
2 years ago
198 - Johnny Mize: Born to Hit w/ Jerry Grillo
Season 5 Episode 198
Jerry Grillo, author of "Big Cat: The Life of Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Mize," (Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2024) joins us this week for a wide-rang…
2 years ago
197 - Bill Veeck, The Second Act w/ Dan Helpingstine
Season 5 Episode 197
Author Dan Helpingstine has written several books about baseball in Chicago, including, "South Side Hitmen: The Story of the 1977 Chicago White Sox,"…
2 years ago
196 - If You're Going to Let Foreigner in You Might as Well Let Them All In
Season 5 Episode 196
On this Rex and Craig agree -- Foreigner is a boring band. And it is an outrage that Foreigner is nominated for induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of…
2 years ago
195 - Looking Back at Houston's 1963 All-Rookie Lineup
Season 5 Episode 195
The Houston Colt-.45's started an all-rookie lineup on September 27, 1963, the one and only time in Major League Baseball history a team has done thi…
2 years ago
194 - West Texas Baseball: The Alpine Cowboys and the Pecos League w/ Kristin Cavness
Season 5 Episode 194
Kristin Cavness is the general manager of the Alpine Cowboys, the only truly independent team in the independent Pecos League (the other 15 teams are…
2 years, 1 month ago
193 - The Hooks & Runs American League Preview w/ Bayleigh Von Schneider
Season 5 Episode 193
Bayleigh Von Schneider co-hosts Soxy Chicks, a podcast about Red Sox and White Sox baseball. She returns this week to Hooks & Runs for our annual Ame…
2 years, 1 month ago
192 - The Hooks & Runs National League Preview w/ Sara Sanchez
Season 5 Episode 192
Sara Sanchez, who writes and podcasts at Bleed Cubbie Blue, BaseballHQ and the Fantasy Feud podcast, returns to be Hooks & Runs' first three-time gue…
2 years, 1 month ago
191 - Hound Dog: The Song that Changed Popular Music and America w/ Ben Wynne
Season 5 Episode 191
Dr. Ben Wynne, Ph.D. (Univ. of N. Georgia) is our guest this week to talk about his latest book, "A Hound Dog Tale: Big Mama, Elvis and the Song that…
2 years, 1 month ago