Minicast – Who was Better – Ruth or Bonds?
October 31, 2013 by Edward Kasputis
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As the last ghost of the Bambino leaves Fenway Park with the Red Sox winning the World Series at Fenway, let’s ponder who was better – Ruth or Bonds? Ed Kasputis interviews baseball authors Bill Nowlin and Jim Prime about this question for the ages.
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2013 World Series
October 20, 2013 by Edward Kasputis
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Boston v. St. Louis. The two best teams of the season navigate through the post-season to meet in the Fall Classic. Which team will win their final game? Our PhD Committee weighs in as Ed Kasputis interviews Jason Mastrodonato from mlb.com and Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor from mrsportstravel.com. An epic World Series is about to begin.
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2013 Minicast – Designated Hebrew
October 17, 2013 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews Major League Baseball’s first designated hitter, Yankee great – Ron Blomberg about the re-release of his book, Designated Hebrew.
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2013 Minicast – Now Pitching for the Yankees
October 14, 2013 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews Marty Appel about his book, Now Pitching for the Yankees.
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2013 League Championship Series
October 10, 2013 by Edward Kasputis
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Cardinals, Dodgers & Red Sox are in. Our PhD Committee will wait on who will prevail in Oakland tonight. It’s time to focus on the League Championship Series. Ed Kasputis congratulates and interviews our 2013 predictions champ, Professor Bruce Bukiet.
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Minicast – Ray Chapman & Me
October 7, 2013 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews children’s author, Dan Gutman about his book, Ray & Me.
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Professor Bruce Bukiet Wins Predictions Contest … again
October 6, 2013 by Edward Kasputis
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3 out of 4 Years
Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology has won his 3rd Baseball PhD predictions contest in the last four years (2010, 2011 & 2013). Bukiet successfully predicted seven of this year’s ten Major League Baseball playoff teams (Rays, Tigers, A’s, Cardinals, Dodgers, Braves & Reds). The key to Bukiet’s victory was that he was the only participant in our predictions contest who predicted that the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants would not make this year’s post season.
Bukiet did not predict the firing of Dusty Baker by the Cincinnati Reds this week unlike Baseball PhD Committee member, Farley Dillinger who has been predicting Baker’s demise since 2010. Dillinger, a Cubs fan has a long memory of Baker’s October exploits.
Four participants finished one team behind the Professor with 6 of their teams making the MLB Post-season. Congratulations to Baseball PhD Committee members, David Matejzcyk (Tigers, Indians, A’s, Cardinals, Reds & Dodgers) and Mark Rantala (Rays, Tigers, Indians, Braves, Reds & Dodgers) along with Andre Lower from baseballbypositions.com (Rays, Tigers, A’s, Braves, Reds & Dodgers) and Australian Justin Woods (Tigers, A’s, Rays, Cardinals, Reds & Braves).
Will any mortal have the guts to predict that this year’s World Series Champion will not make the playoffs next season? Professor Bukiet truly understands the power of math.
Professor Bukiet will be honored during our League Championship Series podcast (Episode 228) which will be released on Friday, October 11, 2013.
2013 Minicast – Arizona Fall League
October 3, 2013 by Edward Kasputis
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Our PhD Committee is in Phoenix sharing the best kept secret in baseball – The Arizona Fall League. Ed Kasputis interviews Steve Cobb, Director of the Arizona Fall League and Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor shares his travel insights on the Valley of the Sun.
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