2023 Vin Scully Re-broadcast
November 29, 2023 by Edward Kasputis
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Greatest Baseball Sportscaster of All Time
Our PhD Committee honors Vin Scully (1927 – 2022) as the greatest baseball sportscaster of all time. 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.
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2022 Ernie Harwell Re-broadcast
November 13, 2022 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.
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2022 Vin Scully Re-broadcast
August 3, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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Greatest Baseball Sportscaster of All Time
Our PhD Committee honors Vin Scully (1927 – 2022) as the greatest baseball sportscaster of all time. 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.
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2022 Minicast – Miracle Ball
March 16, 2022 by Edward Kasputis
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Ed Kasputis interviews award-winning writer and filmmaker, Brian Biegel about his documentary, Miracle Ball – The Fate of Bobby Thomson’s Legendary 1951 Home Run Ball.
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2021 Ernie Harwell Re-broadcast
November 28, 2021 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.
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2021 Vin Scully Re-broadcast
November 24, 2021 by Edward Kasputis
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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.
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2020 Ernie Harwell Re-broadcast
November 26, 2020 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.
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2020 Vin Scully Re-broadcast
November 22, 2020 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.
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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 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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