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Back to Search190 - The Jason Lane Phenomenon: Every Pitcher Tells a Story
Season 5 Episode 190
Former Houston Astro Jason Lane is one of 21 pitchers in MLB history that have pitched or pitched at least 10 innings in the big leagues with a caree…
2 years, 2 months ago
189 - Baseball, Chemical Warfare and The Great War w/ Jim Leeke
Season 5 Episode 189
This week's guest is Jim Leeke, author of the new book, "The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I" (Potoma…
2 years, 2 months ago
82 - Rube Waddell Would Make A Hell of a Movie w/ Prof. Alan H. Levy (Jan. 2022)
Life got in the way this week so we reached back into the archives for this interesting interview with Prof. Levy in January 2022. Here are the show …
2 years, 2 months ago
188 - Fast Car, the Super Bowl, and Tik Tok Stories
Season 5 Episode 188
Rex and Craig are on the case, from Luke Combs' "Fast Car" cover and performance at the Grammy Awards Show with songwriter Tracy Chapman; to our revi…
2 years, 2 months ago
187 - There's Something Special About Baseball w/ Harris Cooper, Ph.D.
Season 5 Episode 187
Harris Cooper, Ph.D. is the Hugo L. Blomquist Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University and for our more im…
2 years, 3 months ago
186 - "I've Got Babe Ruth" The Old Ballparks Project, Part 3
Season 5 Episode 186
This week Craig and Rex conclude the three-part series ranking the first generation concrete and steel ballparks build prior to the Great Depression.…
2 years, 3 months ago
185 - Finding Our Voices on College Radio w/ Katherine Rye Jewell
Season 5 Episode 185
Professor Katherine Rye Jewell (Fitchburg State) joins us this week to discuss her new book "Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio" (…
2 years, 3 months ago
184 - Class Warfare in Detroit!: The Old Ballparks Project, Part 2
Season 5 Episode 184
It's been a minute but Rex and Craig this week pick up the old ballparks project started in Episode 127. Andrew, Craig and Rex ranked the 14 brick, c…
2 years, 3 months ago
183 - Len Koenecke's Sad and Tragic Trip Home w/ Bill Lamb
Season 5 Episode 183
Bill Lamb is our guest this week to discuss the sad and tragic Len Koenecke. Koenecke played three seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers during the Great …
2 years, 3 months ago
182 - Mr. Johnson's Blues: The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson w/ Julia Simon
Season 5 Episode 182
Julia Simon's book, "The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson," is new in paperback via Penn State University Press. This book, originally released in late 20…
2 years, 4 months ago