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Ed Wheatley, president of the St. Louis Browns Historical Society, joins us this week to discuss the Browns, an American League team from 1902 to 1953. Wheatley is the co-author of "St. Louis Browns: The Story of a Beloved Team" (Reedy Press 2017), which was  selected best book published on baseball in 2017 by Sports Collectors Digest and nominated for the Larry Ritter Award as the best book on baseball published in 2017 by Society for American Baseball Research.Wheatley was also technical advisor for the award winning PBS documentary " The St. Louis Browns - The Team Baseball Forgot" (2018) and was executive producer of the award winning sequel  "A Baseball Legacy - Fans Remember the St. Louis Browns" (2019).Ed Wheatley on Facebook, at Reedy Presshttps://www.facebook.com/edward.wheatley.56/https://reedypress.com/author/wheatley/ed-wheatley/The St. Louis Browns Historical Society webpagehttps://www.thestlbrowns.com/Stream "The St. Louis Browns - The Team Baseball Forgot" https://tinyurl.com/baseballforgotStream "A Baseball Legacy - Fans Remember the St. Louis Browns"https://tinyurl.com/fansrememberHooks & Runs - https://hooksandruns.buzzsprout.com/ Email: hooksandruns@protonmail.com Craig on Bluesky (@craigest.bsky.social)Rex (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Hosts Emeriti:Andrew Eckhoff on Tik TokEric on FacebookMusic: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (via Premium Beat)     This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2025.  

State of the Arts Episode 225: The Women's History Month Special now available on Spotify! I am thrilled to welcome one of my dearest friends, Tara Krieger to my podcast. As a writer, a baseball historian, an attorney, a Barnard graduate and a patron of the New York City theatrical arts, my multifaceted guest brings a rich tapestry to this momentous episode. She was an editorial producer for MLB.com at one point. As a board member of the Society for American Baseball Research, she continues to research, write and give talks about baseball history. “Yankee Stadium: America's First Modern Ballpark” is the historical book about the iconic stadium that my captivating guest co-edited with Bill Nowlin.

Bugs Raymond battled alcoholism while pitching for the Tigers, Cardinals and Giants as well as several minor league teams during the early Deadball Era -- this week we discuss Raymond's difficult and tragic life in baseball and afterwards. In Chapter 2, Craig and Rex have six players they believe ought to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame but are not. They'll tell you who those players are. They also have some thoughts on Kendrick Lamar's halftime show and Beyonce's Best Country Album GRAMMY Award (like everyone else, apparently).Bugs Raymond SourcesBaseball-Reference.comSociety for American Baseball Research (www.sabr.com) ("Looking Back at the End of Bugs Raymond's Career" and "Bugs Raymond")Newspaper articles accessed via newspaper.comCenterfieldMaz.com ("The Wild Story Of the Heavy Drinking New York Giants Pitcher: Bugs Raymond (1908-1910)")You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including books featured in this episode, through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Email: hooksandruns@protonmail.com Hooks & Runs on TwitterCraig on Bluesky (@craigest.bsky.social)Rex (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Hosts Emeriti:Andrew Eckhoff on Tik TokEric on FacebookMusic: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (via Premium Beat)     This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2025.   

In episode 274 we learn about environmentally friendly charcoal with Ben Jablonski from The Good Charcoal and we go back in time to 1959 with author, Phil Coffin as we discuss his books, When Baseball Was Still Topps and A Baseball Book of Days. Plus Chef Ray Sheehan assumes guest co-hosting duties. Ben Jablonski is the co-founder of The Good Charcoal.  The company's mission is good charcoal, good for the environment, good for the community.  Ben grew up in Australia where grilling was central to celebrations or gatherings.  In 2020, Ben wanted to give consumers a healthy charcoal alternative.  The Good Charcoal won a 2023 leadership award through the Forest Stewardship Council due to their sustainability efforts in Namibia. As a leader in building ethical organizations, Ben has been featured in The Washington Post, Yahoo! Finance, and The Weather Channel to talk about how The Good Charcoal is making a positive impact on the environment and people's health.  Go to https://www.thegoodcharcoal.com/ for more information. Phil Coffin is a longtime editor at The New York Times and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.  He joined us to discuss his two books, When Baseball Was Still Topps:  Portraits of the Game in 1959, Card by Card and A Baseball Book of Days: Thirty-One Moments That Transformed the Game. When Baseball Was Still Topps tells the importance of baseball in 1959 while looking at every card in the 1959 Topps set and provides fascinating details.  A Baseball Book of Days provides a detailed narrative of the game's most important moments, told in 31 singular, remarkable days. We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/   We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.   Call the show:  (516) 855-8214 Email:  baseballandbbq@gmail.com Twitter:  @baseballandbbq Instagram:  baseballandbarbecue YouTube:  baseball and bbq Website:  https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook:  baseball and bbq    

Do you know who inspired the iconic Louisville slugger baseball bat? Tune in for an inspiring discussion with Tim Newby on his new #book The Original Louisville Slugger: The Life and Times of Forgotten Baseball Legend Pete Browning.Moments with Marianne airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio affiliate! Tim Newby is an American writer and educator. He is the author of three books and his work has appeared in a variety of publications including Bluegrass Unlimited, Paste Magazine, AmericanaUK, Society for American Baseball Research, and Honest Tune, where he was the Features Editor. He has been called "one of Baltimore's most beloved historians”, and The Original Louisville Slugger is a CASEY Award Finalist 2024 for Best Baseball Book of the Year. https://www.kentuckypress.com/9781985900851/the-original-louisville-slugger/ For more show information visit:www.MariannePestana.com

Outfielder Sam Rice played 20 seasons in the Major Leagues - all but one with the Washington Nationals (later, the Senators). Rice retired from the game with 2,987 hits, 13 shy of the coveted mark of 3,000, making him the player that came the closest to reaching that milestone. In this episode, we look at Rice's sometimes tragic, often triumphant life.Selected Sources:Stephen Able, "Sam Rice," Society for American Baseball Research (sabr.org).Stanley Milliken, "White Sox Win 6-2," Washington Post, August 8, 1915,C. Norman Willis, "Washington Senators: All-Time Greats," (Xlibris 2003).Gregory H. Wolf, "October 10, 1925: Senators Sam Rice makes dazzling catch to preserve victory in Game 3 - or did he?" Society for American Baseball Research (sabr.org).You can support Hooks & Runs by purchasing books through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's the link. https://bookshop.org/shop/hooksandruns Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.com Email: hooksandruns@protonmail.com Hooks & Runs on TwitterCraig on Bluesky (@craigest.bsky.social)Rex (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Hosts Emeriti:Andrew Eckhoff on Tik TokEric on FacebookMusic: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (via Premium Beat)     This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2024.    

Episode 260 features Mark Anderson, one half of the Grill Dad's discussing all things barbecue and grilling while Doug Scheiding joins us for additional "grilling" and Doug Kurkul discusses his latest book, It's a Beautiful Day for Baseball which explores the game and players from the 1960's. Mark Anderson is one half of the Grill Dad's.  He previously joined us on episode 143 with the other Grill Dad, Ryan Fey.  This time he is flying solo and he provides an update on the exciting things the Grill Dads have been up to as well as discussing many other grilling related items.  They have made numerous television appearances, including Guy's Big Project, hosted by Guy Fieri and they starred in the primetime shows, The Grill Dads and Comfort Food Tour on the Food Network.  They have also appeared on Beat Bobby Flay, The Wendy Williams Show, The Today Show, and the Howard Stern Wrap-Up Show.  They are also the authors of the cookbook, The Best Grilling Cookbook Ever Written By Two Idiots.  Doug Scheiding adds his own special flair as we enjoy a grill filled discussion. Doug Kurkul has a day job, but it is his role as author that brings him to us as he discusses his latest tome, It's a Beautiful Day for Baseball which explores the game and players from the 1960's.  The following fdescription taken from the book says it best.  "Doug brings this memorable era to life, drawing on contemporary news accounts, player memoirs, as well as recent interviews with dozens of former players. The book provides an informative and amusing inside look at what it was like to be a major league ballplayer in the Sixties, making It's a Beautiful Day for Baseball the definitive 21st Century book on 1960s baseball.  Doug is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research.  In 2009, as CEO of the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce, he collaborated with Pacific Coast League President, Branch Rickey III and Aces manager Brett Butler to welcome the Reno Aces as the PCL's newest team. We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Magnechef https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, Cutting Edge Firewood High Quality Kiln Dried Firewood - Cutting Edge Firewood in Atlanta for high quality firewood and cooking wood, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/ We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe.   If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you. Call the show:  (516) 855-8214 Email:  baseballandbbq@gmail.com Twitter:  @baseballandbbq Instagram:  baseballandbarbecue YouTube:  baseball and bbq Website:  https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook:  baseball and bbq 

Bobby Mathews pitched in three major leagues from 1871 to 1887 and ended his career with 297 career wins. Why did he stop playing when he was so close to 300? This episode looks into Mathews' career as well as wins as a statistical category and 300 wins as a significant career milestone to kick off this series about players who came very close, but did not quite reach landmark career totals.Errata: Justin Verlander made one start for Houston before going on the injured list in 2020.Episodes Referenced:213 - Talking 1890 Players League Blues w/ Robert Ross Major Sources:Brian McKenna, "Bobby Mathews," Society for American Baseball Research website, www.sabr.org.Frank Vaccaro, "Origins of the Modern Pitching Win," 2013 Baseball Research Journal.The source for all player statistics is baseball-reference.com.Too many contemporary newspapers accounts to list here.Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.comHooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thehooksandrunsRex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/ Hosts Emeritus:Andrew Eckhoff on Tik TokLink: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffest Eric on FacebookLink: https://www.facebook.com/ichabodericEmail us: hooksandruns@protonmail.comMusic: "Warrior of Light" by ikolics (Premium Beat Lic.)    Music: Title: "Inscencer (1 hour)"; Artist: P C III; Link: Free Music Archive; License: CC By 4.0 (https://tinyurl.com/ccby4hooks) This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum.    

The Negro Leagues' statistics have been integrated into the MLB database. We are joined by Patrick Ellington Jr., writer for Baseball Prospectus and MLB.com, to discuss some of the history and segregation of black baseball. Negro League research and Baseball desegregation resources recommended by Patrick - The Society for American Baseball Research - https://sabr.org/ A Long Way From Home - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iurY969w290 The 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates

Alain Usereau discute avec Jack Anderson, un membre de la Society for American Baseball Research, et expert dans les Ligues des Noirs.Licence d'utilisation légale de la musique: Baseball Music - ikoliks License d'utilisation: 3ZLT2RSPQN#CompteComplet #Entretiens #balado #baladodiffusion #podcast #baseball #AlainUsereau #JackAnderson #LiguesdesNoirs #NegroLeagueBaseball

Baseball cards were collected, traded, and used in games we made up as kids. In recent decades, however, the collectibles market has turned these into a multi-million-dollar business. They are the stuff of memories, the object of historians, and an addition to some people's portfolios. A recent discovery of a rare set of T206 cards sold in cigarette packs in the early 20th century has become a book, "What's in Ted's Wallet?"  The owner of these cards was Theodore "Ted" Edison, the youngest son of Thomas Alva Edison. In the summer of 1909, Ted began collecting these cards and soon amassed a collection of 61, including 58 players. Many of them ended up in the Baseball Hall of Fame, such as Ty Cobb, Frank Chance, Walter Johnson, and Christy Mathewson. He kept them in a wallet made that year, and they were found among Ted's donated papers in the 1990s. When J.B. Manheim and co-author Lawrence Knorr found these during archival research on Edison and baseball, they knew they had a book! J.B. Manheim is Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University, where he developed the world's first degree-granting program in political communication. He is also the founding director of the School of Media & Public Affairs. He is the author of "The Deadball Files," a five-volume series on the early years of professional baseball in the 20th century. He is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America, and International Thriller Writers.  

Author and arts administrator JC McPherson is also a trained master electrician who approaches poetry with a troubleshooting mindset. He says that "writing a poem is no different than wiring up a new room, like putting new lights in the outlets. And it's a process."JC often returns to his favorite writing prompt because it "shakes something loose" and helps him relax into his writing. Shake up your writing process and have fun while doing it with his help!About JC McPhersonJC McPherson has a background in writing, electricity, and general troubleshooting. A recipient of the 2022-2023 National Leaders of Color Fellowship through South Arts, he is an associate for the Kentucky Black Writers Collaborative, Creative Writing Instructor, and arts administrator. He is a member of the Affrilachian Poets and the author of numerous collections of poetry. He's also a member of the Society of American Baseball Research. 

If you're listening to this episode around the time when it's being released, then you'll be listening to this right on the last day of Black History Month in the United States. It should go without saying that Black History is American History, but we're going to say it anyway, and we'll add that it shouldn't be confined just to the shortest month of the year but instead should be taught to our kids every day of the year, and should be talked about by us as grownups by an equal amount.  This year, given where we are politically and nationally, we wanted to recognize another key day in February - February 19th. That's the day when President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which forced 120,000 Japanese Americans (American citizens) to leave their homes and be relocated to concentration camps ON AMERICAN SOIL. They lost everything - their homes, their possessions, their businesses - but despite all of that, they fought to hold onto their dignity and as much of “normal life” as possible. Part of that normal life, for so many Japanese Americans, was the ultra-American pastime of baseball.   That's exactly why we're bringing you this episode today - an updated episode from last year where we talk about baseball, the Negro Leagues, and the history behind America's favorite pastime - baseball - that you might not know, and probably weren't taught in schools.   What to listen for: The story of how baseball bridged a racial divide during WWII between white and Japanese children. The separate (and decidedly not equal) conditions under which Black and white ballplayers had to play Names of some Black superstar baseball players who – if/when integrated into the Hall of Fame – would be as good or better than some of the MLB athletes we celebrate today How to talk with your kids, from kindergarten through high school, about this specific period of baseball in American history Resources:    Episode 50, Why Aren't Black Kids Playing Baseball?   Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Society for AMerican Baseball Research – statistics We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball A Negro League Scrapbook Mamie On The Mound Who Were The Negro Leagues? Undeniable: Negro League Women Undeniable: International Impact Undeniable: Jackie and Monte

Dixie Tourangeau was born and raised in Central Massachusetts. Despite living near the dividing line of the battleground between Red Sox and Yankees fans, Dixie's allegiance lies in an unexpected direction.We'll chat about how Dixie first fell in love with baseball, the method behind his team loyalty, and his extensive involvement with SABR (Society for American Baseball Research). As the creative force behind the Play Ball! Calendar for nearly 25 years, Dixie has not only educated fans on baseball history but also even potentially influenced Veterans Committee elections into the Hall of Fame.And, even though he's witnessed three no-hitters live, Dixie recounts an even rarer event that he was present for. Something so unique it has only happened once in the history of the game.  View show notes, images,  and read the full interview transcript here: https://baseballbucketlist.com/podcast/episode-139-dixie-tourangeau/ Find Baseball Bucket List Online:Twitter: @BaseballBucketFacebook: @BaseballBucketListInstagram: @Baseball.Bucket.ListWebsite: baseballbucketlist.comThis podcast is part of the Curved Brim Media Network:Twitter: @CurvedBrimWebsite: curvedbrimmedia.com------Learn more about JapanBall's tour offerings at japanball.com

Data is going to help you up your marketing game. We're showing you how.Right off the bat, “data analysis” probably doesn't stir the soul. But it's how you tune into your target audience so you can tailor your campaigns to them. Your messages will be more relevant, you'll boost engagement, and not only convert leads but create lasting customer relationships. In other words, it's by leveraging data that you graduate from bush league to pro. And what better way to show the benefits of leveraging data than talking about how sabermetrics shaped the world of baseball.So In this episode, we're talking about the Academy Award-winning movie, Moneyball, with the help of special guest, Founder & CMO of Entry Point 1, Tim Hillison. Together, we chat about tuning into your marketing data, doing market research to understand your ICP, and tying statistics to human stories. So batter up for this episode of Remarkable.About our guest, Tim HillisonTim Hillison is the Founder & CMO of Entry Point 1, a growth advisory consultancy for B2B SaaS & Technology startups and scaleups.  He has 25 years of global marketing experience, has led marketing three times on two continents, and has worked for some of the world's most recognized brands, including Visa, Microsoft, and PayPal. Tim's expertise spans Fortune 500 enterprises and fast-moving venture-funded technology startups from series A - E. About Entry Point 1Entry Point 1 connects marketing strategy to business outcomes across the customer journey. Helping it's customers build launch, and run efficient marketing programs that transform their organizations and financial results.  About MoneyballMoneyball is based on a true story about the general manager of the Oakland Athletics trying to assemble a competitive baseball team on a tight budget. This comes after the A's loss to the Yankees the previous year, in 2001, and as they're losing their star players. So the GM, Billy Beane, teams up with player analyst and Yale economics grad, Peter Brand, and together they use sabermetrics to evaluate and sign undervalued players.Sabermetrics are statistics of in-game activity, including batting, pitching and fielding. The term comes from the acronym SABR, for the Society for American Baseball Research. It's a way to look objectively at player performance. In other words, Peter Brand says it's a way to “find value in players that nobody else can see. People are overlooked for a variety of biased reasons and perceived flaws. Age, appearance, and personality.”So the movie is about challenging a traditional value system, where big city teams that have money can afford better players whereas small market teams have to be more strategic about who they sign.The movie came out in 2011 and is based on a book by author Michael Lewis called Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game. It stars Brad Pitt as Billy Beane and Jonah Hill as Peter Brand. It was directed by Bennett Miller and the screenplay is by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. It was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.What B2B Companies Can Learn From Moneyball:Tune into your marketing data. It will tell you objectively what strategies are most effective. Use that information to dial in your content. You'll uncover new and overlooked ways of marketing that you wouldn't have used otherwise. Ian says that It's like in Moneyball, when “Billy Bean realizes that you can get a player who can't run, can't catch and can't steal bases; They can only hit home runs, but that's super valuable. And while everyone else sees them as a bad player, you see them as a gem. So what are your marketing versions of that? Is it a channel? Is it a budget item? Is it a way to create something that is consistent and repeatable that won't be perfect, but it will be consistent?”Do market research to understand your ICP. That is, your Ideal Customer Profile. This is how you know your product is meeting an actual need, not a perceived one. Tim says, “You have to do market research for this, to understand where your customers are and where to meet them and what different channels work better for those companies. If you don't spend the time aligning your revenue team to understand that at the beginning, and you just rush right into the tactics, that's where you miss the mark.”  Tie statistics to human stories. Along with the stats you use to prove value to your audience, tell customer success stories. Because it's those human stories that will seal the deal with your audience. Ian says, “Stats are pretty boring, but stats give you a story that is extremely compelling in which there are human beings at the end of the statistic.” It's another way to humanize your brand, by sharing stories instead of just numbers.Quotes*”[The A's] lose like 14 games before winning 20 games in a row, which beats the record. This is what B2B marketing is about because there are lead and lag times in marketing. Marketing is not something where you do it and instantly it happens. ” - Tim Hillison*”In your marketing, you need to find those customer stories where it went above and beyond, where they tell their family and friends about it, where it changed someone's career.” - Ian Faison*”People buy from others like them. And also we know that B2B buyers are not passive. They're out there scouring the internet to research your brand before sales even calls you. And so those that are authentic and have a strategy, meaning that they're talking with a consistent brand voice using the same story and relevant messaging, and they understand their ICP's frustrations and pain points, that is where you build future relationships.” - Tim Hillison*”Helping people get to the next level. That's what they want. How is your software or how is your product going to help people achieve their goals? It's that level of authenticity people want to help them get there.” - Tim Hillison*”Sometimes you try something new and it doesn't work out at first. Then you have to tweak it before it starts getting better and better and better, and then you're on a roll as a team. That energy is electric, and all it does is bring you together as a team. It's an amazing wave of emotion that's created in the film, too.”Time Stamps[0:55] Meet Tim Hillison, Founder & CMO of Entry Point 1[2:01] Why are we talking about Moneyball?[3:26] What does Tim's work at Entry Point 1 entail?[3:48] What is Moneyball about?[11:39] What makes Moneyball remarkable?[17:53] What marketing lessons can we take from Moneyball?[42:43] What's Tim's content strategy?[46:58] How does Tim prove the ROI of content?[49:22] What are some of Tim's favorite pieces of content or campaigns?[51:16] What advice would Tim give to marketers today?LinksWatch MoneyballConnect with Tim on LinkedInLearn more about Entry Point 1About Remarkable!Remarkable! is created by the team at Caspian Studios, the premier B2B Podcast-as-a-Service company. Caspian creates both non-fiction and fiction series for B2B companies. If you want a fiction series check out our new offering - The Business Thriller - Hollywood style storytelling for B2B. Learn more at CaspianStudios.com. In today's episode, you heard from Ian Faison (CEO of Caspian Studios) and Meredith Gooderham (Senior Producer). Remarkable was produced this week by Meredith Gooderham, mixed by Scott Goodrich, and our theme song is “Solomon” by FALAK. Create something remarkable. Rise above the noise.

Called Up Author, Zak Ford and an Encore Presentation with Barbecue Renaissance Man, Andy Husbands Zak Ford is a chapter leader with the Society for American Baseball Research and serves on the advisory committee of the Pacific Coast League Historical Society.  As fans of the game we love hearing the players stories of the moment they learned they were being called up to the Major Leagues sometimes referred to as "The Show" and for some details of what happens when they first arrive.  In his book, Called Up:  Ballplayers Remember Becoming Major Leaguers, Zak has interviewed more than 100 players who debuted between 1961 and 2018 and delights readers with stories which run the gamut from humorous to heartwarming.   Andy Husbands was a guest on episode 110 and the listener feedback was exceptional so we felt the need to play it again.  Andy is an award-winning chef, author, and pitmaster as well as a television personality.  He is the owner of five Smoke Shop BBQ restaurants located throughout Boston, MA and is the three-time winner of Boston Magazine's "Best Barbecue" in 2018, 2019, and 2021. With a career spanning nearly 30 years in the restaurant industry, Husbands serves as one of the city's most celebrated culinary leaders and a foremost authority on regional barbecue and live-fire cooking in New England.  He also works to bring awareness to the charity, Share Our Strength, the nation's leading childhood hunger relief organization.  He may not have won season six of the television show, Hell's Kitchen, but he has a lot to say about the experience and many other things he has accomplished on his culinary journey.   We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/ If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.   Call the show:  (516) 855-8214 Email:  baseballandbbq@gmail.comTwitter:  @baseballandbbqInstagram:  baseballandbarbecueYouTube:  baseball and bbqWebsite:  https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook:  baseball and bbq

David Stringbean Akeman was one of the biggest stars on the Grand Ole Opry throughout the 1950s. The accomplished banjo player rose to national fame thanks to his appearances on the country variety show Hee Haw. In November 1973, Stringbean and his wife Estelle were  murdered at their cabin just outside Nashville. Their deaths forever changed Music City. Want more Southern Mysteries?  Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.com Facebook: Southern Mysteries Podcast Twitter: @southernpod_ Instagram: @shannonballard_ Email: southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com  Episode Sources Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Music Legend by Taylor Hagood. University Press of MS (May 2023). https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p087110 Birthplace of Country Music Museum. (2023, May 16). BCM Museum Speaker Sessions - Stringbean: The Life & Murder with Taylor Hagood. Youtube.  (https://youtu.be/xYGB3f1ZRM0?si=XKRfNATk4xo9rbv4).  Nashville Bar Association. (2019, June 6). The Stringbean Murders: Death in Baker Holler | Part 1.Youtube. (https://youtu.be/8-lAR_lHeG0?si=TtXFat3yJ4GQAC6h).  Nashville Bar Association. (2019, June 6). The Stringbean Murders: Death in Baker Holler | Part 2.Youtube. (https://youtu.be/QK9JVZdm1_M?si=nqaQTf-HNAohFC1_).  Bluegrass Baseball: Barnstorming Band and Ball Club, Society for American Baseball Research. (Viewed November 1, 2023) Stringnbean Akeman and Wife are Slain, The Advocate-Messenger, November 12, 1973. (Viewed November 4, 2023) Killers Missed $5700, The Tennessean, November 12, 1973.(Viewed November 2, 2023) End of Innocence, The Tennessean, November 10, 2013. (Viewed November 2, 2023) A Tribute to Stringbean, The Fort Worth Telegram Star, November 13, 1973. (Viewed November 3, 2023) 'Stringbean' Akeman's killer gets parole,Tennessean,Oct 14, 2014. (Viewed Nov 1, 2023) Episode Music Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use. Castleshire by Chris Haugen. Licensed under Creative Commons.

On this episode, Dan Wallach talks with Jacob Pomrenke, who is the Director of Editorial Content at the Society for American Baseball Research, and the chair of the Black Sox Scandal Research Committee. Send your written or recorded questions to be read or played on future episodes to shoelesspodcast@gmail.com, or by tagging @shoelesspodcast on twitter. Don't forget to rate, review, and listen on iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app. Thanks to: Ryan Starinsky for the opening theme and his acoustic version of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" Randy Moore for his baseball organ version of "Kingpin" by Get Married Gary Cieradkowski at www.studiogaryc.com for creating the artwork Jacob Pomrenke My mom

Ice cold new episode here! We're talking ball in this episode. Baseball, that is. Pete and Andrew cover Bat Flip from new designer Scott Courlander. And they mix the new (this game) with the old (baseball history) while chatting with Anthony Arot, the leader of the Goose Goslin chapter of SABR (Society for American Baseball Research). Play ball (i.e. this episode)!   SABR site Our Links

As pointed out in past posts, a handful of people stand out for their overwhelming contributions to the game that have made American Football one of the greatest games of sports to watch and participate in. Paul Brown, the legendary high school, college, and professional coach/executive, fits this mold. We went back to our Pigskin Dispatch audio archives in interviews with experts on Coach Brown: Jonathan Knight, Greg Tranter, Ken Crippen, and George Bozeka to help us understand the legend of Paul Brown.PRFA historian that hails from Canton, Ohio Jonathan Knight has written ten books on Cleveland sports. Called "one of the most articulate and devoted sportswriters in Ohio" by the Akron Beacon Journal, Knight has been praised by the Plain Dealer, Cleveland Scene, Cleveland Magazine, and ESPN's Grantland.com. He's a graduate of Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his two sons. PFRA historian originally from Western NY Greg Tranter Join us at the Pigskin Dispatch website and the Sports Jersey Dispatch to see even more Positive football news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @ Email-subscriberMiss our football by the day of the year podcasts, well don't, because they can still be found at the Pigskin Dispatch website.

Baseball Broadcaster and Author, Tim Hagerty and Several of the Jeff Michner Foundation / Pig Beach BBQ 2023 Participants Tim Hagerty is the broadcaster for the El Paso Chihuahuas (Padres Triple-A affiliate) and an award-winning writer and author. Tim was voted El Paso Sportscaster of the Year in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Baseball America named him an MLB broadcast prospect in its Best of the Minors feature.  He has written hundreds of baseball history articles for Baseball Digest, Sporting News, The Hardball Times, and other publications.  Tim's work has been honored with the national Edward R. Murrow Awards and by the Alabama Associated Press, Idaho State Broadcasters Association, Vermont Associated Press, the Society for American Baseball Research, and the Society of Professional Journalists. He joins us to discuss his wonderful career and his very funny book, Tales from the Dugout:  1,001 Humorous Inspirational & Wild Anecdotes from Minor League Baseball.  In the off-season, Tim has provided national on-air updates from football and basketball games for Fox Sports Radio. Go to http://timhagerty.com/home to learn more about Tim. The 3rd Annual Jeff Michner Foundation BBQ Benefit held at Pig Beach BBQ was a huge success, and we had the opportunity to speak with some of the participants.  The conversations were brief, but we enjoyed our talks with Gloria Chabot from Bakergoog, Harrison Sapp from Southern Soul BBQ, Kelly Dallas from Hogapalooza, Phil Wingo from Pork Mafia, and Mike Johnson from Sugarfire Smokehouse.  We are looking forward to having many of the preceding guests back to speak more in-depth. We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home by the musician, Dave Dresser, and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. We recommend you go to Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, Mantis BBQ, https://mantisbbq.com/ to purchase their outstanding sauces with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Kidney Project, and for exceptional sauces, Elda's Kitchen https://eldaskitchen.com/ If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.   Call the show:  (516) 855-8214 Email:  baseballandbbq@gmail.comTwitter:  @baseballandbbqInstagram:  baseballandbarbecueYouTube:  baseball and bbqWebsite:  https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook:  baseball and bbq

A recent acquisition by our Milford House Press imprint, J.B. Manheim brings the murky past of old-time baseball to life in "The Federal Case," the latest release in The Deadball Files series. Over a century ago, Major League Baseball and the upstart Federal League were embroiled in a legal dispute. An ancient legal document falls into the hands of night-schooled lawyer Andy Dennum, which pits him against baseball's establishment, the firm that hired him, and a mystery out of his own past. At state is the viability of baseball's business model, and Andy's career. "You win some, you lose some. Some get rained out." Sunbury Press Books welcomes J.B. Manheim to the program, and Milford House will re-release his previous series of works, "This Never Happened," "Doubleday Doubletake," and "The Gamekeepers." Professor Emeritus at George Washington University, J.B. Manheim developed the world's first degree-granting program in Political Communication, and was founding director of the School of Media & Public Affairs. His love of baseball began watching Dizzy Dean on the Game of the Week, and watching games at Cleveland Municipal Stadium with his grandfather. Manheim is also a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, the Internet Baseball Writers Assocation of America and the Authors Guild.

In this episode, we talk about some baseball history. Author Dan Taylor has recently written a book on an interesting story from Major League Baseball in the 1920s with the subject matter of scandal, home runs, Babe Ruth, and some sports business innovation in the title of Baseball at the Abyss: The Scandals of 1926, Babe Ruth, and the Unlikely Savior Who Rescued a Tarnished Game. Dan joins us in this episode to tell the tale.Dan Taylor is a sports historian, author, and a former award-winning television sportscaster who is currently the television broadcaster for the Fresno Grizzlies. He is the author of five books, most recently Lights, Camera, Fastball: How the Hollywood Stars Changed Baseball and Walking Alone: The Untold Story of Football Pioneer Kenny Washington. Taylor is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and contributes to their biography project. He is also a member of the Pacific Coast League Historical Society. He resides in Fresno, California. Come join us at the Sports Jersey Dispatch website or the Pigskin Dispatch website to see even more Positive football and Sports History news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @ Email-subscriber .

If you're listening to this episode around the time when it's being released, then you'll be listening to this right on the last day of Black History Month here in the United States. It should go without saying that Black History is American History, but we're going to say it anyway, and that it shouldn't be confined just to the shortest month of the year but instead should be taught to our kids every day of the year, and should be talked about by us as grownups by an equal amount. That said, it's important also to not just be teaching our kids about the parts of Black history that are full of struggle, and in particular we're referring to the history of slavery and the Civil Rights Movement, which is even being called into question in states like Florida currently.   That's exactly why we're bringing you this episode today - where we talk about the the Negro Leagues and the history behind America's favorite pastime - baseball - that you might not know, and probably weren't taught in schools - in a way that Misasha's been talking about this in schools. That's all to say: you can talk about this with kindergarteners. You can use the materials with older kids as well. But the important takeaway here? Black history is more than just slavery and the struggle to be free. It's about the everyday moments, the history that encompasses all of us.  If we're not teaching our kids to see Black people in these moments, then we're really not teaching them to see Black people at all. So - let's get into the Negro Leagues, as pitchers and catchers are reporting right now for spring training in Major League Baseball.   What to listen for: The separate (and decidedly not equal) conditions under which Black and White ballplayers had to play Names of some Black superstar baseball players who – if/when integrated into the Hall of Fame – would be as good or better than some of the MLB athletes we celebrate today How to talk with your kids, from kindergarten through high school, about this specific period of baseball in American history Resources:  Episode 50, Why Aren't Black Kids Playing Baseball?   Visit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Society for AMerican Baseball Research – statistics We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball A Negro League Scrapbook Mamie On The Mound Who Were The Negro Leagues? Undeniable: Negro League Women Undeniable: International Impact Undeniable: Jackie and Monte  

Bruce McClure lives in New Hampshire and grew up attending Red Sox games at Fenway with his dad. He is a membership ambassador for the Society for American Baseball Research, the chair of the Northern New England Chapter, and manages the social media for an incredible group called the SABR Baseball Memories Committee. We discuss why the perception most people have of SABR is incorrect, how there is something for everyone, and how helping Alzheimers patients reminisce about baseball memories can improve quality of life. We also discuss what it's like to work in the minor leagues, the perks of being a SABR member, and what about Citi Field made a double header an incredible experience for Bruce and his wife Molly. Find Bruce Online: Facebook: @brucemcclurenhTwitter: @BruceMcClureNHInstagram: @brucemcclurenhWebsite: dispatchesfromnewhampshire.comFind Baseball Bucket List Online:Twitter: @BaseballBucketFacebook: @BaseballBucketListInstagram: @Baseball.Bucket.ListWebsite: baseballbucketlist.comThis podcast is part of the Curved Brim Media Network:Twitter: @CurvedBrimWebsite: curvedbrimmedia.com

In the second hour of tonight's Sports Open Line, Matt Pauley questions why people are mad at St. Louisans for rooting for the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl, and features comments from Battlehawks head coach Anthony Becht who updates the media on training camp and roster finalization. St. Louis baseball historian Brian Flaspohler then joins the show to promote his lecture series “The History of St. Louis Baseball," a deep dive into the history of the Cardinals and Browns, dating back to the 1800s all the way up until the modern day. Flaspohler is also a member of SABR, or the Society for American Baseball Research, and explains the importance of research and analysis in today's game. Nate Gatter and Jen Sies Gansner also join Matt in-studio to preview their inaugural show "The St. Louis City Soccer Report." Sports Open Line with Matt Pauley airs weeknights 6-8pm on KMOX barring any Billikens or NFL games. Join the show by calling or texting (314) 436-7900 or by tweeting to Matt @MattPauleyOnAir. Listen live at 1120AM, 98.7FM, or on the free Audacy app.

Craig Muder, director of communications for the Baseball of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, previews for us the big events coming up for 2023 (one of which will be the first-ever tabletop sports gaming event, courtesy of the APBA Football Club and our organizing committee). Our conversation ranges from the unlikeliest baseball hero to the nine legends who could start today and win a World Series, plus some of the museum's most important artifacts — and how in a newspaper, every night is election night for the sports crew. Plus, insider tips for the first-time visitor to Cooperstown and the value of Sabermetrics. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: baseballhall.org Society for American Baseball Research: https://sabr.org

Former Major League Pitcher Ken Brett is quoted as saying, "The worst curse in life is unlimited potential." After the rise to stardom of New York Yankees great Mickey Mantle, the expectations that come with being "the next" are high, and in some cases, crushing.  Barry Sparks joins Lawrence Knorr to talk baseball, and share stories of players who were touted as that guy in "Finding the Next Mickey Mantle." Among these chronicled by Sparks are some familiar names. We hear the stories of Bill Robinson, Clint Hurdle and Tom Tresh, and how and why they fared as they did. Some, like Joe Pepitone were considered to have burned up their best years and potential, while others, such as Ruben Rivera never quite panned out to their (at times unfair) top billing. We also hear why Sparks considers Mike Trout to be one of the best players of his generation, and how Bryce Harper handles these pressures better than most. Sparks has written about baseball for more than 50 years. His first article appears in the July 1970 Baseball Digest. His work has appeared in more than 70 national and regional publications, including National Pastime, Sports Parade and Sports Collectors Digest. He is also the author of a biography of Frank "Home Run" Baker, and is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research. He lives in York, Pennsylvania.

Marc Appleman has had a stellar career in the sports and media space. He's currently in a venture that is leveraging a vast trove of historic sports articles and photographs, but he was also the CEO of SABR, the Society of American Baseball Research (an offshoot of SabreMetrics, of "Moneybag") fame. Marc transformed SABR into a thriving community of people passionate about baseball, and we talked about what that looks like...and how it applies to any business or association. We also talked about how he's turning a historical archive into vibrant memories and celebrations of our shared past. Inspiring stuff, Marc! Thanks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A day early for Thanksgiving, in this first episode of our 'off-season' we're joined by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) membership ambassador Bruce McClure who's a baseball nut just like we are!  Bruce talked about why SABR is not what everyone thinks and is more than a number-crunching site for baseball nerds. We'll post every other week - at least since sometimes we just get the urge to talk about....baseball! Please subscribe to our podcast and thanks for listening! If you have a suggestion for an episode please drop us a line via email at Almostcooperstown@gmail.com.  You can also follow us on Twitter @almostcoop or visit the Almost Cooperstown Facebook page.  If you can please give the podcast 4 or 5 star rating! Have a great Thanksgiving holiday everyone and thanks so much again for your support! www.almostcooperstown.com

On this edition of Klahr & Kompany, Michael kicks things off with DenverFan.com's very own, Jake Shapiro, as he joins the show to talk about the early Nuggets' season and if the game vs Golden State was their "kick off" to the season. Also, can we depend on MPJ & Murray to be in the lineup consistently?  Up next is "Kickin' it with Kiz" featuring The Denver Post's Mark Kiszla [from London] & former writer Jimmy Armstrong, who join Michael to discuss who is actually to blame for the Broncos' bad start- 1. Russ 2. Coach Hugs 3. Paton.. the fellas are sort of split but are there any replacements/replacements for nay of these guys?  Former Dodgers' GM and currently on the board of directors for the Society of American Baseball Research, Dan Evans is up next, he joins Michael to recap the great World Series game 1 and the Phillies' comeback. Plus, Dan gives his series prediction!   Rounding out hour 1 is "In the Slot" featuring DNVR Avalanche's Evan Rawal, joins K&K to discuss the early up-and-down season so far for the Avs. Should they play Georgiev more without rest or is this more a Stanley Cup hangover? The guys discuss...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baseball and BBQ Episode #153 Features Intentional Balk Authors, Daniel Levitt and Mark Armour, and Queen of the Grill, Paula Stachyra, Author of Wing Crush   Daniel R. Levitt joins us to discuss Mark's and his newest book, Intentional Balk:  Baseball's Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating.  Dan is the author of several award-winning books, including Paths to Glory: How Great Baseball Teams Got That Way (2003 with Mark Armour); Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees' First Dynasty; The Battle That Forged Modern Baseball: The Federal League Challenge and Its Legacy; and In Pursuit of Pennants: Baseball Operations from Deadball to Moneyball (2015, with Armour).  In 2015, he was selected as the recipient of the Bob Davids Award, the Society for American Baseball Research's (SABR) highest honor.  Dan currently serves as treasurer of SABR and is the co-chair of SABR's Business of Baseball committee.  Go to https://sabr.org/authors/daniel-r-levitt/ and http://daniel-levitt.com/ for more information.    Mark Armour joins us to discuss Daniel's and his newest book, Intentional Balk:  Baseball's Thin Line Between Innovation and Cheating.  Mark was elected as the President of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Board of Directors in 2019. He is the founder and longtime (2002-2016) director of SABR's Baseball Biography Project. He was the recipient of SABR's highest honor, the Bob Davids Award, in 2008 and the Henry Chadwick Award, honoring baseball's greatest researchers, in 2014. His book Joe Cronin: A Life in Baseball was a finalist for the prestigious Seymour Medal in 2011, as was In Pursuit of Pennants, which he co-wrote with Dan Levitt in 2015. Mark has written or co-written several other books and many articles.  Go to https://sabr.org/authors/mark-armour/ and http://www.mark-armour.net/ for more information.   Paula Stachyra is a barbecue enthusiast, recipe developer, and creator of the popular Instagram account, Queen of the Grill, which is beloved for its weekly #WingCrushWednesday posts.  She also co-hosts the very entertaining podcast, All Up In My Grills, with her friend, Lauren Nagel.  Paula's latest project is the cookbook, Wing Crush:  100 Epic Recipes For Your Grill or Smoker.  Her wing recipes are like fingerprints; no two are alike and that gives any lover of wings 100 unique ways to enjoy them.  Paula is extremely humbled by the rave reviews her book has received.  Bagel favorites?  Yes, we discussed that too.  Go to https://www.instagram.com/queenofthegrill/?hl=en for more information. Jeff and Leonard talk a little about their road trip to the newly opened, Ray's Roadside Kitchen, which will be featured in an upcoming episode. We recommend you go to BBQ Buddha, https://bbqbuddha.com/ for rubs and award-winning sauces, Baseball BBQ, https://baseballbbq.com for special grilling tools and accessories, the Pandemic Baseball Book Club, https://www.pbbclub.com  to find many of the wonderful books we have featured as well as some additional swag, Magnechef, https://magnechef.com/ for excellent and unique barbecue gloves, and Cutting Edge Firewood https://www.cuttingedgefirewood.com/ for high-quality firewood and cooking wood. We conclude the show with the song, "Baseball Always Brings You Home" by the musician, Dave Dresser, and the poet, Shel Krakofsky. We truly appreciate our listeners and hope that all of you are staying safe. If you would like to contact the show, we would love to hear from you.   Call the show:  (516) 855-8214 Email:  baseballandbbq@gmail.comTwitter:  @baseballandbbqInstagram:  baseballandbarbecueYouTube:  baseball and bbqWebsite:  https//baseballandbbq.weebly.com Facebook:  baseball and bbq

In today's episode, Chris and Steve swing for the fences and talk about the history, background and controversy around the 1919 World Series. We will use the movie and book 8 Men Out, along with recently released documents from the Society for American Baseball Research's Black Sox Scandal project to think about why arguable the greatest team to have ever stepped onto a baseball field would purposefully lose the World Series. Why do you think they would?https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-black-sox-scandal/You can learn more about Beyond the Big Screen and subscribe at all these great places:www.atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comClick here to support Beyond the Big Screen!https://www.subscribestar.com/beyondthebigscreenhttps://www.patreon.com/beyondthebigscreenClick to Subscribe:https://www.spreaker.com/show/4926576/episodes/feedemail: steve@atozhistorypage.comwww.beyondthebigscreen.comhttps://www.patreon.com/historyofthepapacyParthenon Podcast Network Home:parthenonpodcast.comOn Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atozhistorypagehttps://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfThePapacyPodcasthttps://twitter.com/atozhistoryMusic Provided by:"Crossing the Chasm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Image Credits:Begin Transcript:

August 2, 1921. Hundreds wait inside a Chicago courthouse for the verdict. Seven Chicago White Sox players are accused of intentionally throwing the World Series, losing on purpose to collect a payout. For decades, gambling has been a part of America's pastime, but this fix is too big to ignore. The nation feels betrayed, yet is transfixed by the scandal, spending months following the whirlwind case. Today, the 1919 Chicago Black Sox scandal comes to a head. How do these baseball players conspire to intentionally lose the World Series? And will their punishment be enough to root out gambling in the sport forever? Special thanks to Charles Fountain, author of The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball, and Jacob Pomrenke, Director of Editorial Content for the Society of American Baseball Research. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thirty five years before Major League Baseball played its first game under electric lights, the 1900 Philadelphia Phillies were using electricity at the Baker Bowl... to steal signs. Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-buzzer-brigade/ Key sources for this episode include Ron Schuler's biography of Pearce Chiles for the Society for American Baseball Research and contemporary newspaper reports. (And while you're at it, you should check out the greatest baseball books ever written, Dan Gutman's It Ain't Cheatin' If You Don't Get Caught and Derek Zumsteg's The Cheater's Guide to Baseball.) All that, plus a preview of Series 11! Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Instagram: https://instagram.com/orderjackalope Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope Email: jackalope@order-of-the-jackalope.com Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/

Society for American Baseball Research historian/chronicler Justin Mckinney (Baseball's Union Association: The Short, Strange Life of a 19th-Century Major League) joins the podcast this week to weigh in on the debate that continues to swirl around baseball's curious one-season Union Association - namely, was it a truly major league?   As first broached in our Episode 73 with Jon Springer, the National League was less than a decade old back in 1884, and the rival American Association, which had been established two years earlier, was nipping at its heels.  "Organized Baseball" had just been formed to help codify the still-gestating professional version of the game.   But when a maverick millionaire and spurned team-owner aspirant named Henry Lucas established a new third major league that year - the Union Association - the pro game erupted into chaos.   Come for the pennant-winning St. Louis Maroons (who won 94 of their 113 regular season games, and bested the second-place Cincinnati Outlaw Reds by a whopping 21 games), but stay for the litany of replacement teams (e.g., Wilmington Quicksteps, St. Paul Saints, Altoona Mountain Citys, Kansas City Cowboys, etc.) that folded just as soon as they arrived.

Sam Byrd had a bright future ahead of him in baseball. A solid hitter and an even better outfielder, he had one huge issue facing him. He played for the New York Yankees and there was guy named Babe Ruth ahead of him. So, Byrd took his seat on the bench and patiently waited for an opportunity. When he got a chance to play, he did well. But never enough to supplant Ruth. In his spare time, Byrd not only worked to improve his game at the plate, but he also continued to refine his skills on the golf course. In fact, he was so good on the links, that guys like Ruth never stood a chance against him. Sam would enter a tournament, here and there, and win. He toyed with the idea of playing highly competitive golf on the PGA TOUR, but baseball paid the bills. When Sam finally got a chance on the diamond, he got hurt and when he returned he again had to take a seat on the bench. After trying to breakthrough with the Yankees for six years, Sam finally realized his dream of taking the field every day by virtue of a trade to the Cincinnati Reds. Now 27-years old, Sam was the team's regular right fielder. He hit a respectable .262 with nine home runs and 52 RBI. But it wasn't enough to earn the starting job the following season, 1936, and Sam once again found himself on the bench. At the end of the 1936 season, Sam was released by the Reds and claimed by the St. Louis Cardinals. However, Sam had had enough. All along, he continued to work on his golf game and decided to make the PGA TOUR his full time vocation (he actually joined the TOUR in 1933). What a great choice. Instead of riding the pine and playing second-fiddle in MLB, Sam walked the fairways with the likes of Hogan, Nelson and Snead. Over the course of a career that wound down in 1949, Sam won 11 times, finished as high as 3rd in The Masters (1941), 2nd in the PGA Championship and 16th in the U.S. Open. He won the Greater Greensboro Open, the Chicago Victory National Open and The Texas Open in 1945. A solid career as a professional golfer, Sam is the only person to have appeared in a baseball World Series and The Masters. Stephen Rice, who penned a terrific biography about SAM for the BioProject for SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) is on this episode of Sports' Forgotten Heroes to talk about the great dual career of Samuel Byrd.

This week, Podcast Editors Eamon and Jack interviewed Clayton Trutor, the author of Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta—And How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports who holds a PhD in U.S. History from Boston College. Listen to find out more about what allowed sports in Atlanta to grow, which factors incentivize larger cities to build sports franchises, Clayton's motivation to write his book after studying in O'Neil Library, and his work as the Vermont state chairman of the Society for American Baseball Research. Check back in next week for new episodes!

On this edition of Klahr & KOmapny, Michael kicks things off right away with former Dodgers' GM & current SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) board member Dan Evans joins Michael as they discuss all the new rules, adaptations and technology introduced into the game. Up next is 'Kickin it with Kiz' featuring award winning columnist & former writer for the Denver Post Mark Kiszla & Jimmy Armstrong join Michael as part of this baseball preview show to talk all-things Rockies and just they will fair this season after dropping opening day. Next is former big-league pitcher & Podcast host Mark Knudson joins Michael as they discuss the current pitching staff for the Rockies and how pitching often determines baseball champions. Batting cleanup and rounding out hour 1 is 'Ram Roundup' with the Coloradoan.com's Kelly Lyell joins Michael to talk the Rams' upcoming scrimmage and will Roddy return to Fort Collins instead of heading to the NBA Draft? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In conversation with John M. Cooper Historian Neil Lanctot is the author of Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella and Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution, a ''prodigiously researched'' and ''enormously important historical corrective to feel-good versions of baseball integration'' (The New York Times). The recipient of the Seymour Medal from the Society for American Baseball Research, he has published articles in Smithsonian magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Baltimore Sun, among other periodicals. In The Approaching Storm, Lanctot details the early-20th century rift between three of the U.S.'s most important progressives as the country struggled to respond to the global consequences to World War I.    John M. Cooper's many historical works include Pivotal Decades: The United States, 1900-1920; The Vanity of Power: American Isolationism and the First World War, 1914-1917; and Woodrow Wilson: A Biography, which was a finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. The recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship and a Fulbright professorship in Moscow, Russia, he is professor-emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (recorded 3/29/2022)

We became aware of a very cool data visualization comparing Negro League play to MLB play of the same era 1920-1948.  Adam Korengold has been doing data visualization professionally for almost 25 years–he's now an Analytics Lead at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland–and teaches in the graduate data analytics and visualization program at the Maryland Institute College of Art.  Lucky for us he's been a baseball fan for most of his life, and since 2020 has been a member of SABR, the Society for American Baseball Research.  He has expanded his love for the game to include making visualizations on the game, as well as paintings on vintage baseball cards.  Adam posted this link: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/adam.s.korengold/viz/AllMajorLeaguesOffenseandDefense1920-1948/NegroLeaguesasMajorLeaguesTheyPlayedAtTheSameLevel#guest=n&1 on his Tableau and we highly recommend you visit the link to view the graph for yourself.  We discussed the systemic racism that forged the Negro Leagues in the first place and how the players in the Negro Leagues truly compared to their white (or mostly white) counterparts in the Major Leagues. Please subscribe to our podcast and thanks for listening! If you have a suggestion for an episode please drop us a line via email at Almostcooperstown@gmail.com.  You can also follow us on Twitter @almostcoop or visit the Almost Cooperstown Facebook page.  If you can please give the podcast 4 or 5 star rating! 

Dr. Heaphy takes 30 minutes to tell Jill 160 years of women's baseball history.Contact Us: connections@hamnerlibrary.orgFeatured Resource: Access Video on DemandOther Resources:Baseball for AllInternational Women's Baseball CenterMeet the Dolly Vardens by Sabrina A. BrinsonNegro Leagues Baseball MuseumOut of Left Field by Ellen KlagesSociety for American Baseball Research

Today we continue to explore the Negro Leagues and Negro League Hall of Fame candidates. We welcome Gary Gillette, Ted Knorr, and Sean Gibson to the podcast. Gillette, Knorr, and Gibson have joined together to form a new committee—named "42 for 21"—to publicize deserving Negro Leagues & Black Baseball candidates for upcoming Hall of Fame elections. We discuss their backgrounds, how the project started, the election that took place, and what comes next for the project. We specifically looked at a handful of candidates that performed very well in the election but don't rank as highly with Eric Chalek's Negro League MLEs: Rap Dixon, Newt Allen, Spottswood Poles, John Donaldson, Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, Oliver “The Ghost” Marcell, and Chet Brewer. Gary Gillette is the founder and current chair of the Friends of Historic Hamtramck Stadium, a nonprofit that is working to restore the former Negro League ballpark near his home in Detroit. Gillette also served for a decade on the Tiger Stadium Conservancy's board of directors. He has four decades of baseball research, writing, and editing experience, beginning with his work with Bill James and Project Scoresheet in the mid-1980s. A contributor to six editions of Total Baseball, Gillette later designed and co-edited with Pete Palmer the five editions of the ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Gillette also designed the ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia and served as executive editor for both editions of that reference work. A former member of the Society for American Baseball Research's (SABR) board of directors, Gillette is a past co-chair of two of SABR's major research committees—the Business of Baseball Committee and the Ballparks Committee. He was the founder and president of SABR's Detroit Chapter and is now the chair of SABR's new Southern Michigan Chapter. Ted Knorr has been a baseball fan since infancy, when his grandma gave him a Brooklyn Dodgers jersey. A few years later, an aunt introduced him to baseball via Ladies Nights at Forbes Field. Later still, a childhood friend—Martha—introduced him to the APBA Major League Baseball Game. Ted has been a SABR member since 1979 and, in 1998, founded and hosted the initial Jerry Malloy Negro League Research Conference. Sean Gibson is the great-grandson of Negro Leagues legend and 1972 National Baseball Hall of Fame player Josh Gibson. Sean has dedicated his life to the preservation of Josh's legacy and is the Executive Director of the Josh Gibson Foundation, a Pittsburgh-area non-profit organization. The Josh Gibson Foundation was established in 1994 in an effort to keep the memory of Pittsburgh's beloved Josh Gibson and the entire Negro Leagues alive. The foundation partners with the University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University and Carnegie Mellon University by matching up college students with elementary and middle school youth for tutoring. With a strong focus on education, the foundation currently serves roughly 300 children and plans to increase those numbers by starting new programs yearly. The foundation also sponsors the Josh Gibson Baseball Academy. 42 for 21: https://www.42for21.org/ The Josh Gibson Foundation: https://www.joshgibson.org/

Tim Hagerty is the broadcaster for the El Paso Chihuahuas (Padres Triple-A affiliate).Before El Paso, Tim broadcasted for the Padres' Triple-A club in Tucson, Arizona and Portland, Oregon. His was also previously the voice of the Double-A Mobile BayBears (Padres affiliate) and Rookie-level Idaho Falls Chukars (Royals affiliate).While with the Royals' affiliate, Tim made his MLB play-by-play debut, joining Kansas City's radio team for a game against Tampa Bay. In 2007, he produced and hosted the Diamondbacks Minor League Report on the D-backs Radio Network.In the off-season, Tim is a freelance reporter for Fox Sports Radio and Sporting News Radio, providing national, on-air updates from college football and basketball games. The Massachusetts native was selected to broadcast two Triple-A All-Star Games and a Triple-A National Championship Game on Westwood One and has called two MLB exhibition games.He is the author of a baseball book and has written hundreds of baseball history articles for Sporting News, The Hardball Times and other publications.His work has been honored with both national and regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and by the Alabama Associated Press, Mobile Press Club, Idaho State Broadcasters Association, Idaho Press Club, Vermont Associated Press, the Society for American Baseball Research and the Society of Professional Journalists. Tim was voted El Paso Sportscaster of the Year in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Baseball America named him an MLB broadcast prospect in its Best of the Minors feature.

In this special edition of Los Tres Hermanos, they are joined by the Fourth brother, Miguel! In this topsy-turvy episode, they talk about what it was like for an immigrant kid falling for the '88 Dodgers to just some good ole fashioned, heartfelt session. We hope you enjoy the show!Please Like, Comment or Rate us on Apple Podcasts!If you want to reach out to us with suggestions about topics we can discuss or even topic you want to learn about in Kevin's Call to the Bullpen, feel free to leave us a message in iTunes or shoot us an email at TalkingLosDoyers@gmail.comCredits and Sources:King, Greg. “Vin Scully.” Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed March 31, 2021. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/vin-scully/. Intro/Outro music remix: Duncan Reid and the Big Heads - Montevideo/Scott Holmes Music - HotshotTags: DodgersTrevor BauerJustin TurnerDoyersBaseballSportsEntertainmentMLBNational LeagueYankees1955 world seriesSandy AmorosPee wee ReeseJackie RobinsonBrooklyn DodgersEpisode is LivePublished: Mar. 31, 2021 @ 5PM EditUnpublishAdd a TranscriptGet episode better indexed by search engines.Add Chapter MarkersListeners can tap through & see what's coming up.Create a Visual SoundbiteBest way to share to social media for engagement.Share Episode OnFacebookTwitterLinkedInMore OptionsEmail Link to Episode CopyDirect Link to MP3 Copy Download MP3Embed this ONE Episode

In this week's episode Los Hermanos talk about Jansen once again but this time its about the remarks he made to an LA time reporter. Los Hermanos take a look at the opening day roster and the cuts that have been made. In "Kevin's call to the bullpen," we learnd about Edmundo "Sandy" Amoros and his amazing catch to help the '55 Dodgers keep a slim 2 run lead against the Bronx Bombers. Below are the links to the full game audio where you can find the play by play and the actual video of the catch and throw.FULL GAME AUDIO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5EPDPl__xwVIDEO HIGHLIGHT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOOdIE-Z0h8Please Like, Comment or Rate us on Apple Podcasts!If you want to reach out to us with suggestions about topics we can discuss or even topic you want to learn about in Kevin's Call to the Bullpen, feel free to leave us a message in iTunes or shoot us an email at TalkingLosDoyers@gmail.comCredits and Sources:Costello, Rory. “Sandy Amoros.” Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed March 24, 2021. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/sandy-amoros/. Intro/Outro music remix: Duncan Reid and the Big Heads - Montevideo/Scott Holmes Music - Hotshot

“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and that could be again.” - James Earl Jones in The Field of Dreams In this episode of Claptrap we sit down with vintage baseball player, Ed Shuman, and discuss how baseball was played in its original form and its evolution to modern day. With discuss changes in rules, equipment, strategy, fashion, why the White Sox wear black socks and much more. Although after listening to this episode you may feel like you want to grow a handle bar mustache, its not required. Society of American Baseball Research: https://sabr.org/ Vintage Baseball Association: https://www.vbba.org/ Canal Fulton Heritage Society: https://cfheritage.org/ Ohio Village Muffins: https://www.ohiohistory.org/volunteer/current-volunteers/ohio-village-muffins Fulton Mules: https://www.facebook.com/CanalFultonMules Dressed to the Nines Baseball Uniform Article: http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/index.htm Claptrap Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ClaptrapCountry Claptrap Twitter: @ClaptrapCountry Pocketnet: https://pocketnet.app/claptrap We would like to thank tyops for uploading our introduction song "Vivaldi Meets Hip Hop" to https://freesound.org/people/tyops/sounds/259860/ for use under a creative common license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode We would also like to thank GregorQuendel for uploading our outro song "Cinematic Orchestral Action Theme" to https://freesound.org/people/GregorQuendel/sounds/482097/ for use under a creative common license. As the clip is relatively long, we only used a portion for the outro. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

The Battle of Ezra Church was fought on July 28, 1864, near Atlanta, the third in a series of unsuccessful attacks by General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee on General William T. Sherman's Union army. After the July 22nd Battle of Atlanta, Sherman decided to cut off Atlanta's railroad supply lines, thus forcing the Confederates to withdraw without a direct assault. To accomplish this goal, Sherman transferred his easternmost army, under Major General Oliver O. Howard, north and west around the rest of the Union lines to the south western side of Atlanta where the railroad entered the city. Anticipating Sherman's maneuver, Hood moved his troops out to oppose the Union army. Hood planned to intercept them and then make a surprise flank attack. The armies met on the afternoon of July 28 west of Atlanta, near Ezra Church. Hood's plans for a flank attack quickly collapsed. His disjointed attacks hit Howard's troops head on. The Confederate army suffered heavy losses assaulting the Union army's improvised breastwork of logs and rails. The rebels were defeated, although they managed to stop Howard from reaching the railroad line. The discouraged Confederates blamed Hood for the defeat, lamenting that they “had just enough soldiers left for another killing.” One Confederate general complained that his men “had been butchered” by the high command. On January 12, 2018, Bruce Allardice will discuss this battle, and in particular critique John Bell Hood's management (or lack thereof) of the battle. A professor of history at South Suburban College, he has given numerous lectures and presentations for Civil War Round Tables, museums, and civic organizations, including several to this round table. Among his publications is “‘It was Perfect Murder': Stephen D. Lee at Ezra Church,” an essay in Confederate Generals in the Western Theater (vol. 3), which inspired this presentation. Professor Allardice received the CWRT of Chicago's Nevins-Freeman Award for distinguished service in Civil War Scholarship and the CWRT movement. He is a former president of both the Chicago and Northern Illinois CWRTs. An avid sports historian, he heads the Civil War Baseball subcommittee for the Society of American Baseball Research.

Baseball is popular, and everyone wants to play it. But some think not everyone should get the chance. Join Steve Granado as he explores the first century of American baseball from 1857 to 1947, examining the color line and its effect on Latino ballplayers. Thanks again to Dr. Roberto Gonzalez Echavaria for speaking with me. To learn more, get his book The Pride of Havana: The History of Cuban Baseball. Other information and sound clips comes from the book Playing America's Game by Adrian Burgos Jr, Baseballhall.org, the Society for American Baseball Research, Baseball Reference, Hathitrust, Kansas University's centennial discussion of the Negro Leagues, the Center for Negro League Baseball Research, the San Francisco Bay SABR Chapter's conversation with Bob Kendrick and the National World War Two Museum. All of our original music including our theme song is produced by Alex Schmitten. You can support us by going to anchor.fm/ourgamepodcast and clicking support. And by telling your friends and family, and subscribing on your favorite podcasting app, sharing the show online and rating us on Apple Podcasts. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @ourgamepodcast. I really encourage you to go to Twitter this time because there is a lot more really cool history that we could just not get into this week. I've linked some reading for you. You'll also find pictures, videos and other materials that pertain to every episode we post. You'll also get sneak peeks of the following week's episode. You can follow me on Twitter too, that's @SteveGranado. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ourgamepodcast/support

Baseball doesn't take long from its invention in America to get to Latin American countries. Join Steve Granado on the first episode of Our Game, where he explores how baseball got to Cuba and beyond while examining what it all means historically in baseball's popularity. Many thanks to Dr. Roberto Gonzalez Echavaria. Make sure to buy his book: The Pride of Havana: The History of Cuban Baseball. Other research information comes from the book Playing America's Game by Adrian Burgos Jr, Primitive Baseball by Harvey Frommer, BaseballHall.org, Baseball Reference, the Society for American Baseball Research, Kansas University's centennial discussion of the Negro Leagues, and the Washington Post. All original music including our theme song is produced by Alex Schmitten. You can support us by going to anchor.fm/ourgamepodcast and clicking support. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @ourgamepodcast. There you'll find pictures, videos and other materials that pertain to every episode we post. You can follow Steve on Twitter: @SteveGranado --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ourgamepodcast/support