2019 Ernie Harwell Re-broadcast
August 28, 2019 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.
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2019 Miami Marlins
August 25, 2019 by Edward Kasputis
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Good morning Miami as we enjoy South Beach as Ed Kasputis interviews author, Louis Schiff about his Marlins and wonderful Florida.
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2019 Vin Scully Re-broadcast
August 21, 2019 by Edward Kasputis
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Greatest Baseball Sportscaster of All Time
Our PhD Committee honors Vin Scully as the greatest baseball sportscaster of all time. We also remember Seattle’s Hall of Fame baseball sportscaster, Dave Niehaus who passed away on November 10, 2010. Ed, Farley and Mark then explore the life of Scully and listen to some of his greatest clips. Ed then interviews Dodger faithful and English Professor, Frank Ardolino about Scully. We then travel back in time and hear Scully’s words of wisdom during his commencement address at Pepperdine University in 2008. Ed and Farley then interview Cleveland radio great, Marty Allen in the first of a six part series of At the Mixer with Marty Allen.
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2019 San Francisco Giants
August 18, 2019 by Edward Kasputis
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Are the Giants in the playoff hunt? Ed Kasputis interviews Connor Grossman from Sports Illustrated about the Giants and much more.
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2019 Moe Berg re-broadcast
August 14, 2019 by Edward Kasputis
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The Catcher Who Was a Spy
This week we honor the man who inspired the creation of Baseball PhD – Moe Berg (1902 – 1972). Moe Berg got his PhD in life – through baseball. Berg spoke 12 languages travelled the world, played in the major leagues and served as America’s foremost atomic spy during World War II. Berg knew about the existence of America’s atomic bomb before President Truman! Discover his story as Ralph Berger, Louis Jacobson, Chuck Brodsky, Linda McCarthy and our PhD Committee remember Moe Berg.
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2019 Pittsburgh Pirates
August 11, 2019 by Edward Kasputis
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Pittsburgh is a great baseball destination. PNC Park is second to none. Ed Kasputis interviews Alex Stumpf from bucsdugout.com about this year’s Pirates.
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2019 Margaret Mitchell minicast
August 7, 2019 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews Joanna Arietta about Atlanta’s famous, Margaret Mitchell.
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2019 Chicago Cubs
August 4, 2019 by Edward Kasputis
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The trade deadline has passed and the Cubs are fighting neck and neck for first. Ed Kasputis interviews Wrigley Field historian, Brain Bernardoni about “The Friendly Confines”.
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