Podcast Episodes
Back to Search225 - 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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
220 - In an Instant It Was All Gone: The Ray Chapman Story w/ Scott H. Longert
Season 5 Episode 220
Author Scott H. Longert joins the show this week to talk about his latest book, "Love and Loss: The Short Life of Ray Chapman" (Ohio Univ. Press 2024…
1 year, 11 months ago
219 - Myths, Legends and Pete Browning, Baseball's Original Louisville Slugger w/ Tim Newby
Season 5 Episode 219
In the great John Ford western, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," a reporter says, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." Few 19th Centu…
1 year, 11 months ago
218 - The Flying Dutchman, Honus Wagner w/ Arthur D. Hittner
Our guest this week is Arthur D. Hittner, author of "Honus Wagner, The Life of Baseball's Flying Dutchman," Revised Edition (McFarland, 2024). Origin…
1 year, 11 months ago
217 - We are Getting Worried About Justin Verlander
Season 5 Episode 217
Justin Verlander is struggling in his latest return from the injury list. Roger Maris would have celebrated his 90th birthday in the 10th -- he died …
1 year, 11 months ago
216 - Celebrating the Baseball Road Trip w/ Timothy Malcolm
Season 5 Episode 216
Timothy Malcolm wrote the newly revised and updated, "Moon Baseball Road Trips: The Complete Guide to All the Ballparks, with Beer, Bites, and Sights…
2 years ago