2023 Minicast – Pluto on Weaver
January 25, 2023 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews Cleveland Plain Dealer sports columnist Terry Pluto about Earl Weaver.
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2023 Minicast – High Heat
January 22, 2023 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews author, Tim Wendel about his book, High Heat: The Secret History of the Fastball and the Improbable Search for the Fastest Pitcher of All Time.
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2023 Minicast – James “Deacon” White
January 18, 2023 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews baseball researcher, James D. Smith III about the barehanded catcher, James “Deacon” White (1847-1939) who will be the only player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 28, 2013.
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2023 Minicast – Roberto & Me
January 4, 2023 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews baseball historian and children’s author, Dan Gutman about his book, Roberto & Me.
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2022 Minicast – Eight Men Out
October 5, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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Eight Men Out is a 1988 American baseball classic movie that depicts the 1919 Chicago White Sox gambling scandal. In our first minicast (a short podcast), Ed Kasputis and baseball researcher, Jim Nitz review this must see movie. Say it ain’t so Joe.
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2022 Minicast – The Great Eight
September 28, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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Let’s go back to 1975 and remember The Great Eight from the Big Red Machine as Ed Kasputis interviews baseball researcher and editor, Mark Armour.
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2022 Minicast Cook & Son PhD Ceremony
September 21, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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Our PhD Committee honors Todd Cook and his six year old son, Tim as they completed their baseball journey by visiting all 30 current Major League ballparks in 2012.
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2022 Minicast – Michael Zagaris
September 14, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews photography icon, Michael Zagaris who is the official photographer to both the Oakland A’s and San Francisco 49ers.
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2022 Minicast – The Original Curse
September 7, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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Let’s go back over 100 years to the only World Series played in September, the 1918 World Series. Did the Chicago Cubs throw the 1918 World Series to the Boston Red Sox? Did this act curse both the Cubs and Red Sox organizations for decades to come? Ed Kasputis interviews Sporting News writer and author, Sean Deveney about his intriguing book, The Original Curse.
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2022 Minicast – Designated Hebrew
August 31, 2022 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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