2013 Houston Astros

We’re deep in the heart of Texas as the Astros prepare to enter the American League.  Ed shares his trip to the World Baseball Classic in Miami.  Ed also interviews Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor and Ed Seitz from baseball-roadtrip.com.  Our podcast concludes as we say good bye to Houston and head to Baltimore‘s Inner Harbor.

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2013 Game 6 Road Trip Re-broadcast

Let’s remember one of the greatest World Series games of all time – Game 6 of the the 2011 World Series.

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2013 St. Louis Cardinals

We are in St. Louis to remember “Stan the Man” Musial (1920-2013).  Our PhD Committee interviews Cardinal faithful Justin Woods from Australia as we prepare to honor the greatest harmonica player ever to make it to Cooperstown on the first ballot.  Our podcast concludes as we head to the American League’s newest venue – Houston.

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Minicast – Summer of ’68

Ed Kasputis interviews author, Tim Wendel about his book, Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball – and America – Forever.

From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. That summer, as the pennant races were heating up, the assassination of Robert Kennedy was later followed by rioting at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. But even as tensions boiled over and violence spilled into the streets, something remarkable was happening in major league ballparks across the country. Pitchers were dominating like never before, and with records falling and shut-outs mounting, many began hailing ’68 as “The Year of the Pitcher.”

Meanwhile in Detroit—which had burned just the summer before during one of the worst riots in American history—’68 instead found the city rallying together behind a colorful Tigers team led by Denny McLain, Mickey Lolich, Willie Horton, and Al Kaline. The Tigers would finish atop the American League, setting themselves on a highly anticipated collision course with Bob Gibson’s Cardinals.

 

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2013 Detroit Tigers

We’re in Motown honoring the American League Champs.  Are they the team to beat in 2013?  Ed interviews Kevin Vela from detroittigersweblog.com and Dave shares his recent Cactus League and World Baseball Classic experiences from Phoenix.  The podcast concludes as our PhD Committee heads to the Gateway to the West – St. Louis.

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1954 NY Giants 2013 Re-broadcast

Ed Kasputis interviews baseball researcher, John Burbridge about the 1954 World Champion New York Giants.

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2013 San Francisco Giants

Our PhD Committee is in San Francisco to honor the 2012 MLB World Champions.  The band Hot Buttered Rum sings about the Giants.  Ed Kasputis interviews Andre Lower about his beloved Giants while we talk about the World Baseball Classic and Australia!  The podcasts concludes as we take our hearts and head to the Motor City.  Go get ’em Tigers!

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2013 Florida Spring Training Re-broadcast

Ed Kasputis interviews Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor about the 10 Myths of Spring Training and the fabled spring training complex in Vero Beach – Dodgertown.

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