Kansas City Royals

We are in the City of Fountains focusing on the Kansas City Royals and beautiful Kauffman Stadium. Harry S. Truman Library, World War I Museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum are great sites to see.  Ed then reports from Omaha about the College World Series.  Byron Motley gives us insight about his dad’s career as an umpire in the Negro League.  Our PhD Committee concludes the podcast with a good bye to Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha and a hello to our next destination, The Mile High City – Denver.

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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

For any baseball lover, a trip to Kansas City cannot be complete without a visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.  Located at 18th & Vine,  this museum brilliantly documents the rise and fall of the various Negro Leagues that started from 1920.

This museum will be reviewed during our June 25th podcast featuring the Kansas City Royals and our July 2nd podcast featuring the Colorado Rockies.

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as featured on CNBC

College World Series – June 22, 2010

This week is Royals week with our June 25th podcast featuring the Kansas City Royals.   184 miles to the north lies the 42nd largest city in America – Omaha, Nebraska.  Omaha is home to the College World Series which started on June 19th.  Florida and Arizona State have already been eliminated.  Oklahoma plays Clemson tonight at 9 pm (EST) on ESPN2.

On our next podcast, Ed Kasputis will be reporting from the College World Series.  Click here to see what Ed saw during the first game.  Remember the name – Matt den Dekker.  He’ll be a big leaguer soon.

St. Louis Cardinals

This podcast contains a double dose of baseball heaven.  First Ed, Farley and Mark start the podcast in the Gateway to the West, St. Louis.  They explore the great history of the St. Louis Cardinals and their wonderful baseball savey fans.  Ed interviews 88 year old, Cardinal fan, Ed Marcou.  Marcou has followed and loved his mighty Cardinals since 1931.  Ed then interviews, Dan Morrissey, Vice-President of Marketing & Events for the College World Series of Omaha, Inc.  The College World Series starts on June 19th.  The PhD committee then remembers Cardinal broadcaster, Jack Buck as they listen to Buck’s powerful 9/11 poem.  Buck read this poem to a sold out Busch Stadium on September 17, 2001.  The podcast concludes as Ed, Farley and Mark prepare to drive cross state to the City of Fountains and home to the 2012 All Star Game.  Kansas City, here we come!!!

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2010 College World Series

The 2010 College World Series starts this Saturday, June 19th.  Dan Morrissey, Vice-President of Marketing & Events for the College World Series of Omaha, Inc. will be our special guest during our podcast featuring the St. Louis Cardinals.  This podcast will be released on Friday, June 18th.

2010 will mark the last year that the College World Series will be held at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium.  Ed Kasputis will be reporting from the “Blatt” this weekend for Baseball PhD. Ed’s report can be heard on our June 25th podcast, featuring the Kansas City Royals.

Albert Pujols

Could Albert Pujols eclipse Lou Gehrig as the greatest first baseman?  Ed Kasputis interviews Ed Marcou during our podcast featuring the St. Louis Cardinals.  This podcast will be released on June 18th.

Are you a Cardinal fan?  Click on the picture below and learn what Cardinal fans hum after a Pujols at bat.

2006 World Series

The St. Louis Cardinals won the 2006 World Series by defeating the Detroit Tigers in 5 games.  Our weekly podcast featuring the St. Louis Cardinals will be released on Friday, June 18th.

Listed below are two great videos.  Have you ever sat in a ballpark and celebrated the last out of the World Series and your home team won?  The first video will give you that experience.

Many learned baseball fans call St. Louis – baseball heaven.  The second video shows a classy way to start your World Series celebration without killing thousands of ticker tapes.  Enjoy.

Last out – 2006 World Series

The Grand Entrance

That’s a Winner

This week is Cardinals‘ week with our podcast featuring the St. Louis Cardinals being released on Friday, June 18th.  All Cardinal fans knew and loved Jack Buck (1924 – 2002).

Jack Buck was the beloved Hall of Fame broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals.  Buck would end each St. Louis win with the phrase “that’s a winner.”

On September 17, 2001, Buck read a poem that he wrote to a sold out Busch Stadium as Major League Baseball resumed after the terrorist attack.   That video with two others is below.

September 17, 2001 – 9/11 poem

Jack Buck Montage

A Tribute to Jack Buck

Arizona Diamondbacks

We are in the Valley of the Sun, admiring one of the greatest ballparks ever built, Chase Field.  Ed, Farley and Mark explore the Phoenix area while applying lots of sun screen.  Ed then interviews Rodney Johnson, official scorer for the Arizona Diamondbacks.  Ed then gets us pointed toward Omaha as he interviews super fan, Larry Roth about the upcoming College World Series.  Our PhD committee closes out the podcast by heading east and traveling back to the future.  Next stop, St. Louis – the Gateway to the West.

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Back Home in Omaha

The College World Series starts on June 19, 2010.  Since 1950, this event has been played at Rosenblatt Stadium.  This will be the last year that the College World Series will be played at Rosenblatt Stadium. Next year the College World Series will be played at the new TD Ameritrade Park Omaha.

During our Arizona Diamondbacks‘ podcast which will be released on Friday, June 11th, Ed Kasputis will interview Larry Roth about the College World Series.

Music Video

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