2023 Ten Innings at Wrigley
March 23, 2023 by Edward Kasputis
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May 17, 1979. Ten Innings at Wrigley is Kevin Cook’s vivid account of a game that could only have happened at this ballpark, in this era, with this colorful cast of heroes and heels. Ed Kasputis interviews Kevin about his riveting book.
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2023 Minicast – George Will
February 1, 2023 by Edward Kasputis
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Our PhD Committee interviews American journalist and author, George Will about his great book, A Nice Little Place On The North Side: Wrigley Field At One Hundred.
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2022 Harry Caray Re-broadcast
November 27, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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We conclude our 6 podcast series on baseball’s greatest sportscasters with Harry Caray (1914 – 1998). Caray broadcast Major League Baseball for 53 years. Ed, Farley & Mark review the 2006 PBS documentary, Kokoyakyu – High School Baseball. Then it’s time for baseball’s greatest showman. Ed interviews author and former presidential speech writer, Curt Smith about Caray and his legacy. We then listen as Caray sings Take Me Out to the Ballgame during the first night game at Wrigley Field, August 8, 1988.
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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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Field of Dreams Game
August 7, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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As we prepare for the 2022 Field of Dreams Game, Ed Kasputis interviews Paul Francis Sullivan from Locked on MLB Podcast about the upcoming game and what happened at this year’s MLB trade deadline. Lastly we remember and honor the legacy of baseball’s greatest play by play announcer, Vin Scully.
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2021 Harry Caray Re-broadcast
December 22, 2021 by Edward Kasputis
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Holy Cow!
We conclude our 6 podcast series on baseball’s greatest sportscasters with Harry Caray (1914 – 1998). Caray broadcast Major League Baseball for 53 years. Ed, Farley & Mark review the 2006 PBS documentary, Kokoyakyu – High School Baseball. Then it’s time for baseball’s greatest showman. Ed interviews author and former presidential speech writer, Curt Smith about Caray and his legacy. We then listen as Caray sings Take Me Out to the Ballgame during the first night game at Wrigley Field, August 8, 1988.
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2021 Ten Innings at Wrigley
October 3, 2021 by Edward Kasputis
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May 17, 1979. Ten Innings at Wrigley is Kevin Cook’s vivid account of a game that could only have happened at this ballpark, in this era, with this colorful cast of heroes and heels. Ed Kasputis interviews Kevin about his riveting book.
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2021 Arizona Diamondbacks
August 29, 2021 by Edward Kasputis
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The Diamondbacks currently have the worst record in the National League. We discuss their struggles and what Major League Baseball’s next collective bargaining agreement needs to fix.
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2021 Ernie Banks minicast
August 4, 2021 by Edward Kasputis
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In 2016, as the Cubs prepared for the National League Championship Series, our PhD Committee remembered baseball’s greatest ambassador and Hall of Fame great, Ernie Banks who passed away on January 23, 2015. Let’s play two.
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2021 Chicago Cubs
July 25, 2021 by Edward Kasputis
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Welcome to Episode 600 as we examine this year’s Cubs and what they’ll do as the July 30th trade deadline approaches. Ed Kasputis interviews Paul Francis Sullivan from Locked on MLB Podcast about those lovable Cubs.
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