Podcast Episodes
Back to Search230 - Lou Gehrig Goes to Hollywood
Season 5 Episode 230
This week Craig and Rex look at Lou Gehrig's lone Hollywood film, "Rawhide" (1938), filmed in January 1938.
The film stars Gehrig (playing himself) a…
1 year, 4 months ago
229 - Texans in the Hall: Willie Wells, "El Diablo," Was Ahead of His Time w/ Dr. Bob Luke
Season 5 Episode 229
Dr. Bob Luke, author of "Willie Wells: 'El Diablo' of the Negro Leagues," joins us this week as Hooks & Runs begins a new series featuring native Tex…
1 year, 5 months ago
228 - Close But No Cigar III: Sam Rice, 2,987 career hits.
Season 5 Episode 228
Outfielder Sam Rice played 20 seasons in the Major Leagues - all but one with the Washington Nationals (later, the Senators). Rice retired from the g…
1 year, 5 months ago
227 - Gavy Cravath: The Deadball Era's Home Run King w/ Rick Reiff
Season 5 Episode 227
Rick Reiff is our guest this week to discuss his essay in the Fall 2024 Baseball Research Journal, "Gavy Cravath's Hall-Worthy 200 Home Runs." Crava…
1 year, 5 months ago
226 - Baseball's Most Unusual Feats
Season 2 Episode 226
This episode was recorded on November 5.
Craig and Rex analyze some of baseball's rarest achievements, ranging from Johnny Vander Meer's back to back …
1 year, 5 months ago
225 - Heroes, Villains and Fools: Baseball and Theater in the Deadball Era w/ Travis Stern
Season 5 Episode 225
Dr. Travis Stern's new book, "Ballplayers on Stage: Baseball, Melodrama, and Theatrical Celebrity in the Deadball Era" (Univ. of Tennessee Press, 202…
1 year, 5 months ago
224 - The Professor's Mysterious Concoction
Season 5 Episode 224
Craig and Rex contemplate the end of the 2024 baseball season as the Dodgers took the first three World Series games from the Yankees. They then turn…
1 year, 6 months ago
223 - Close But No Cigar II: Barry Bonds, 1,996 RBI
Season 5 Episode 223
Five players in MLB history have driven in 2,000 run in their career. Barry Bonds concluded his amazing 22-year career 4 RBI short of 2,000. This wee…
1 year, 6 months ago
222 - Rex Trolls Craig's Pre-Season Predictions: "You Might As Well Have Run Over Him With a Truck"
Season 5 Episode 222
This week Craig and Rex review Craig's sketchy pre-season predictions and ruminate about the on-gong MLB playoffs.
Errata: Met closer Edwin Diaz has o…
1 year, 6 months ago
221 - The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies
Season 5 Episode 221
After beating the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium 3-2 to wrap up a 6-4 road trip, the Phillies cam home leading the National League by 6.5 game…
1 year, 6 months ago