Podcast Episodes

276 - Long Hours, Low Pay and Legendary Music w/ Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records

Season 7 Episode 276

 In this episode, we talk with Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records and author of The Hours Were Long, but the Pay Was Low (3 Fields Books, 20…

4 months ago

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275 - Wolverines, Free Agents and the Hooks & Runs Best Albums of 2025

Season 6 Episode 275

What's going on with Michigan football? Craig and Rex look at random baseball news. Also, the Hooks & Runs year-end music review, featuring our favor…

4 months, 1 week ago

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274 - "I Thought I'd Given Up the Circus:" Baseball Promotions w/ Joseph Natalicchio

Season 6 Episode 274

Joseph Natalicchio is the author of "Baseball's Most Outrageous Promotions: From Wedlock and Headlock Day to Disco Demolition Night" (McFarland 2025)…

5 months ago

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273 - Podcast News, Baseball Moves, Guns & Roses

Season 6 Episode 273

Big news about the podcast, a look at some early baseball moves and Guns & Roses is going on tour. 

Errata: The Houston Astros missed the playoffs twi…

5 months ago

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272 - The Spirit of Radio w/ Dave South

Season 6 Episode 272

Dave South was the radio voice of Texas A&M Athletics from 1985 to his retirement in 2018. He is the author of "You Saw Me on the Radio: Recollection…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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271 - Hard Caps, Soft Caps, Salary Floors and Baseball Cards

Season 6 Episode 271

This week on the podcast - a bizarre ending to a high school football game, the soon to be expired Collective Bargaining Agreement has baseball fans …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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270 - "Second Base? That's My Best Position!" w/ Trenidad Hubbard

Season 6 Episode 270

Trenidad Hubbard played 10 Major League seasons in a 19-year professional baseball career. A Chicago native, Hubbard played college ball at Southern …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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269 - Ralph Branca: Baseball's Everyman w/ Bob Mitchell

Season 6 Episode 269

Bob Mitchell is a retired professor, award winning advertising creative and tennis teaching pro. He has published 13 books and countless essays and a…

6 months ago

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268 - Baseball & Music w/ Bill Nowlin

Season 6 Episode 268

Bill Nowlin was a co-founder of Rounder Records in the early 1960s and is a co-founder of Down the Road Records. He most recently co-edited "Native A…

6 months, 1 week ago

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267 - The 1971 Astros and the Art of What If w/ Samuel Barrett

Season 6 Episode 267

Samuel Barrett is author of "Orange Crush: The Neglected 1971 Houston Astros" (Huntsville Independent Press 2025). Barrett examines the series of que…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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