Episode 335: "Baseball: The Turbulent Midcentury Years"
Author Steve Gietschier joins us to discuss his new book chronicling baseball history from the...
48:03
Episode 335: "Baseball: The Turbulent Midcentury Years"
Author Steve Gietschier joins us to discuss his new book chronicling baseball history from the...
48:03
Episode 334: "Why We Love Baseball"
Award-winning author Joe Posnanski returns to the podcast to talk about 50 moments (and more)...
46:14
Episode 333: "The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History"
Nobody doubts Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente are among the most important...
49:48
Episode 332: "Tales from the Dugout"
Tim Hagety, broadcaster for the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas, takes us on a journey through 1,001...
38:41
Rickey Henderson stole 130 bases. Cal Ripken Jr.'s legendary streak began, although no one knew...
50:29
Episode 330: "Welcome to the Circus of Baseball"
Ryan McGee spent the summer of 1994 working as a $100-a-week intern for the Class-A Asheville...
47:31
Episode 329: "Major League Baseball Players of the 1970s"
Let's remember some guys. Author Bill Ballew joins us to discuss his new biographical...
33:28
Episode 328: "Baseball's Brief Lives"
Steven Goldman joins us to discuss his collection of essays inspired by his podcast The Infinite...
45:38
Episode 327: "A Beauty at Short"
Author Tom Alecia joins us to discuss the remarkable life and career of Dave "Beauty" Bancroft,...
44:35
Episode 326: "Stumbling Around the Bases"
Author Andy McCue joins us to discuss how the American League mismanaged integration and...
49:03
Episode 325: "Intentional Balk"
Mark Armour joins us to discuss the history of cheating in baseball, from the 19th century to...
39:17
In 1955, a group of Black Little Leaguers in South Carolina was denied a chance to play for the...
44:34
Episode 323: "Not an Easy Tale to Tell"
Raph Carhart joins us to discuss a new SABR collection that looks at how Jackie Robinson's legacy...
47:16
Episode 322: "Whispers of the Gods"
Author Peter Golenbock joins us to discuss his new oral history collection, which includes more...
40:25
We're in the catbird seat as author James R. Walker joins us to discuss his biography of...
54:33
From the Patreon archives: "Baseball's Great Experiment"
For Jackie Robinson Day, we make this classic bonus episode from our Patreon page available to...
01:01:28
In the early 20th century, Charlie Murphy was the most successful — and controverisal — owner in...
48:07
Episode 319: "Ted Sullivan, Barnacle of Baseball"
Ted Sullivan, once known as "the Daddy of Baseball," is almost entirely forgotten today. Author...
38:57
We're back! Author Jacob Kornhauser joins us to discuss the remarkable and inspiring story of...
37:59
Episode 317: "The Baseball 100"
Where does Pete Rose rank on the list of baseball's all-time best players? Was Barry Bonds better...
55:57