2014 Texas Rangers

May 29, 2014 by Edward Kasputis
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It’s not 2011 anymore as the injury plagued Rangers now play in Globe Life Park. Is it the curse of Nolan Ryan? We ponder as Ed Kasputis interviews Ben Dieter from therangerreport.com and Nate Krieger from Stockyards Rodeo Championship.

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Tags: 1908, Arlington, Baseball PhD, baseball tours, Ben Dieter, curse of Nolan Ryan, Ed Kasputis, Farley Dillinger, Fort Worth Stockyards Rodeo, Globe Life Park, Mark Rantala, Nate Krieger, Nolan Ryan, Prince Fielder, Stockyards Rodeo Championship, Texas, Texas Rangers, The Ranger Report, therangerreport.com, Yu Darvish

2014 Minicast – Cape Cod League

May 26, 2014 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews John Garner, Director of Communications of the Cape Cod League.

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Tags: Baseball PhD, baseball tours, Cape Cod, Cape Cod League, Dave Matejczyk, Ed Kasputis, Farley Dillinger, John Garner, Massachusetts, summer league, Thurman Munson, wood bat league

2014 Houston Astros

May 22, 2014 by Edward Kasputis
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We’re in America’s 4th largest city enjoying all things Texas. Ed Kasputis interviews Leah Fillion from visithouston.com and Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor about all the things to do in America’s most diverse city. Go Astros!

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Tags: Astrodome, Baseball PhD, baseball tours, Ed Kasputis, Farley Dillinger, Houston, Houston Astros, Joe Connor, Leah Fillion, Mark Rantala, Mr. Sports Travel, rodeo, Texas, visithouston.com

2014 Minicast – The Summer of ’68

May 19, 2014 by Edward Kasputis
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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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Tags: 1968 World Series, Al Kaline, Baseball PhD, baseball tours, Bob Gibson, Chicago, Dave Matejczyk, Democratic National Convention, Denny McClain, Detroit, Detroit Tigers, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ed Kasputis, Farley Dillinger, LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Mickey Lolich, Robert Kennedy, St. Louis Cardinals, The Summer of '68, The Year of the Pitcher, Tim Wendel, Walter Cronkite, Willie Horton

2014 Detroit Tigers

May 15, 2014 by Edward Kasputis
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Are the Detroit Tigers a better team without Prince Fielder? Ed Kasputis interviews Al Beanton from blessyouboys.com and Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor.

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Tags: Al Beanton, Baseball PhD, baseball tours, Comerica Park, Detroit, Ed Kasputis, Farley Dillinger, Joe Connor, Mark Rantala, Michigan, Mr. Sports Travel, mrsportstravel.com, Prince Fielder

2014 Ernie Harwell Re-broadcast

May 12, 2014 by Edward Kasputis
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This podcast features baseball sportscaster great, Ernie Harwell. Our PhD Committee first reviews Major League Baseball’s playoff expansion idea of adding an additional wild card team in each league and then shifts into analyzing who is listening to our podcasts. Then it’s time for Harwell. Hear Harwell’s moving 1955 poem – The Definition of Baseball, then hear Harwell’s account of baseball’s Shot Heard ‘Round the World. Ed Kasputis then interviews baseball author, Irwin J. Cohen about his friend, Ernie Harwell. The podcast concludes with At the Mixer with Marty Allen as Marty relives his most memorable day in radio – Sunday, October 26, 1997 as our PhD Committee gets ready for our next podcast featuring sportscaster great, Mel Allen.