Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Ep1: A Love Letter to Phil Rizzuto
Season 4 Episode 1
In this first episode of Season 4, I discuss a lie I’ve been telling myself for 40 years about who my favorite team actually was, and I begin the amazing journey of baseball broadcasting. Before ther…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Bonus Episode: Rounders Host Jeffrey Lambert Stops by the Library
Episode 67
I sit down with Jeffrey Lambert to have a fun debate about whether or not certain players should be included on record lists, and whether we should be comparing players from different eras in the fir…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 19: What if They Lived in Each Other's Time?
Episode 66
It’s easy to compare numbers on paper, but what happens when we do a deep dive into the times and worlds in which Cal Ripken Jr and Lou Gehrig lived? In this final episode of Season 3, I pull back th…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Bonus Episode: Robert Elias Stops By the Library
Episode 65
I had the pleasure recently of sitting down with prolific baseball author Robert Elias. We talk about the amazing and overlooked life of ballplayer Danny Gardella, the man of a thousand nicknames who…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 18: Legacy in Only 2,131 Steps
Episode 64
In this episode, I explore several key factors that would have helped or hurt Gehrig and Ripken Jr in their pursuit of the consecutive game streak. This comparison will also shed light on each player…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Ep. 17: The Man Behind The Streak
Episode 63
Most people know Lou Gehrig as the Iron Horse, as the man who played more games than any other player, until Cal Ripken Jr. They know him as one of the best players in baseball history, period, and t…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 16: The Third Man
Episode 62
Cal Ripken Jr and Lou Gehrig are well known for their consecutive game streaks. But what about the third man on the all-time list? Had circumstances been slightly different, his name would be the nam…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 15: From Obscurity to Immortality
Episode 61
n the early 1900s, there was no such thing as a consecutive games streak, because nobody followed it. Until a man named Al Munro Elias brought the statistic into the public consciousness. Even then, …
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep 14: The Streak
Episode 60
The consecutive game streak is not just something that happened with Cal Ripken Jr. The whole, fascinating story involves Lou Gehrig, dozens of aspiring ballplayers, statistical pioneers, and a rolle…
Published on 6 months ago
Ep 13: Why Didn't He Just Try?
Episode 59
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is known in baseball history as the man who saved baseball, the man who took charge, and acted. But he is also known as the man who did nothing in some of the biggest is…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago