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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2021 Minicast – Get Capone
May 26, 2021 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis and Farley Dillinger interview author, Jonathan Eig about his book, Get Capone.
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2021 Minicast – The Original Curse
January 21, 2021 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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2020 Harry Caray Re-broadcast
December 13, 2020 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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Wild Card Series Preview
September 27, 2020 by Edward Kasputis
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The 60 game season has ended as we preview the first ever Wild Card Series with 16 teams participating. Ed Kasputis interviews Paul Sullivan from Locked on MLB podcast about this new round of playoff baseball.
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National League Central
September 6, 2020 by Edward Kasputis
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With only twenty (20) days left in the season, we review the National League Central. Ed & Farley pay their respects as they interview Jeff Cohen from Baseball and BBQ podcast about the passing of the Greatest Met, Tom Seaver.
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2020 A Fan’s-Eye View of the Baseball Hall of Fame
September 2, 2020 by Edward Kasputis
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With the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony cancelled due to COVID-19, let’s go back to 2016 as Ed Kasputis interviews Matt Sullivan, co-author of A Fan’s-Eye View of the Baseball Hall of Fame: A Critique of Baseball’s Greatest Institution.
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