Fadeaway is a storytelling podcast that brings the colorful characters and exciting history of our National Pastime to life inside your headphones, hosted by baseball historian Eric Enders. Follow us on Twitter @FadeawayPod or visit www.fadeawaypodcast.com.
Barred from playing for the first month of the 1987 season, Tim Raines returned with a legendary game, helping to spark a legendary love story.
Moe Drabowsky escaped Poland at the start of the Third Reich, became baseball's most acclaimed prankster, and authored the most spectacular relief pitching performance in World Series history.
Sandy Koufax, Vin Scully, and the Dodgers of the 1960s changed baseball forever, becoming the most influential franchise in the history of the game.
With a contagious smile, a sweet left-handed swing, and an iconic rookie card, Ken Griffey Jr. was the emblematic baseball player of his generation.
As manager Mickey Cochrane and his Tigers thrilled Detroit by day, a secret KKK-like gang called the Black Legion terrorized the city at night.
George McQuillan was the Doc Gooden of the Deadball Era — the brightest young pitcher in baseball until a series of scandals and personal problems brought his career crashing to a halt.
Cubs star Ken Hubbs was afraid of flying, so he tried the one solution he could think of to conquer that fear: He learned how to fly himself.
Ted Williams' plane bursts into flames while he's flying a bombing mission as a fighter pilot in the Marines during the Korean War. This is the story of how he survived.