Pioneer League

Let’s learn about the Pioneer League as we continue our Masters in the Minors Series.  Have you been to Idaho, Montana or Utah?  Ed Kasputis interviews Jim McCurdy, President of the Pioneer League about the league he leads.

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2017 Toronto Blue Jays

We celebrate Canada Day as Ed Kasputis interviews Tom Dakers from bluebirdbanter.com.  Can the Jays recover from their horrible start and regain their glory in the AL East?

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2017 Minicast – Exporing Toronto

Ed Kasputis interviews Justine Palinska from Tourism Toronto about the city she loves.

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2017 Kansas City Royals

The Royals have been winning as their fans have been grinning.  Ed Kasputis interviews baseball historian, Lloyd Johnson about this year’s Royals and their chances of winning the American League Central.

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Danger at the Ballpark

Ed Kasputis interviews author, Jack Herskowitz about his book, Danger at the Ballpark.

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2017 Colorado Rockies

The Rockies are in first as we explore why.  Ed Kasputis interviews Bryan Kilpatrick from purplerow.com about his beloved Colorado Rockies.

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2017 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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2017 Detroit Tigers

We’re in the Motor City pondering the fate of this year’s Tigers.  Ed Kasputis interviews Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor about things to do in Michigan and his annual Father’s Day Essay Contest hosted by his web site, modernerabaseball.com.

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