Podcast Episodes
Back to Search291 - Charlie Ferguson: "A Great Forgotten Star of the 19th Century" w/ Paul Hofmann
Season 7 Episode 291
Chapter 1 - Paul Hofmann, Ph.D., Associate Provost for International Affairs at the University of Louisville and Society for American Baseball Resear…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
290 - Baseball's First Worst to First: the 1890 Louisville Cyclones w/ Perry T. Cooper
Season 7 Episode 290
Author Perry T. Cooper is our guest this week. Cooper's new book, "The 1890 Louisville Cyclones: Major League Baseball's Original Worst-to-First Team…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
289 - The Battle of the Ratts: On Wander Franco, Shohei Ohtani, Avatar Ozzy, New Music and More
Season 7 Episode 289
This week it's Rex and Craig musing over baseball and music news of the day including:
Wander Franco's legal troubles are not over;Shohei Ohtani's ama…3 months ago
288 - Baseball and Busing in 1970s Boston w/ David Faflik
Season 7 Episode 288
David Faflik, a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Rhode Island has a new book titled "Segregation Games: Boston, Busing, an…
3 months, 1 week ago
287: An Historic 24 Innings in Boston w/ John McMurray plus Blue Dot Fever Hits the Music World
Season 7 Episode 287
Our guest for Chapter 1 is John McMurray, chair of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)'s Deadball Era Research Committee. His essay, "S…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
286 - The Magical 1926 St. Louis Cardinals w/ Kevin J. Abing
Season 7 Episode 285
Author and historian Kevin J. Abing is our guest this week to talk about the 1926 St. Louis Cardinals, on the 100th Anniversary of the team's first W…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
285 - Texans in the Hall: Tris Speaker
Season 7 Episode 285
Hooks & Runs returns to weekly episodes with this continuation of our series "Texans in the Hall." This entry examines the career of Tris Speaker, wh…
4 months ago
Talking Kansas City: Baseball, BBQ and Ballparks w/ Mike Czerniewski
Season 7 Episode 284
Mike Czerniewski, host of This Podcast Is ... Uncalled For, joins us this week to talk about Kansas City baseball history - the Monarchs, the A's and…
4 months, 1 week ago
Musings from the Bleacher Seats: Ballparks and America's Pastime w/ Seth S. Tannenbaum (283)
Season 7 Episode 283
Seth S. Tannenbaum, Ph.D. is assistant professor of sports studies at Manhattanville University and author of Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: Democ…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
282 - On Baseball's First Superstar w/ Thomas W. Gilbert
Season 7 Episode 282
Our guest this episode is Thomas W. Gilbert. His new book, "Death in the Strike Zone: The Mystery of America's First Baseball Hero" (David R. Godine,…
5 months, 1 week ago