Hooks & Runs
A podcast about baseball, music and culture.
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Hooks & Runs is a podcast about baseball, music and culture. Our podcast includes interviews with news makers in the sports and music world plus commentary from the co-hosts on interesting current and historical events. Hooks & Runs releases a new episodes every Thursday (more or less).
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S7E290 290 - Baseball's First Worst to First: the 1890 Louisville Cyclones w/ Perry T. Cooper
Author Perry T. Cooper is our guest this week. Cooper's new book, "The 1890 Louisville Cyclones: Major League Baseball's Original Worst-to-First Team" (McFarland, March 2026). Louisville finished the…
S7E289 289 - The Battle of the Ratts: On Wander Franco, Shohei Ohtani, Avatar Ozzy, New Music and More
This week it's Rex and Craig musing over baseball and music news of the day including:Wander Franco's legal troubles are not over;Shohei Ohtani's amazing year;Fernando Tatis, Jr.'s power outage;NL…
S7E288 288 - Baseball and Busing in 1970s Boston w/ David Faflik
David Faflik, a Professor in the Department of English at the University of Rhode Island has a new book titled "Segregation Games: Boston, Busing, and the Making of Red Sox Nation" (Univ. of…
S7E287 287: An Historic 24 Innings in Boston w/ John McMurray plus Blue Dot Fever Hits the Music World
Our guest for Chapter 1 is John McMurray, chair of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)'s Deadball Era Research Committee. His essay, "September 1, 1906: A Pivotal Game Early in the…
S7E285 286 - The Magical 1926 St. Louis Cardinals w/ Kevin J. Abing
Author and historian Kevin J. Abing is our guest this week to talk about the 1926 St. Louis Cardinals, on the 100th Anniversary of the team's first World Series championships. Abing is author of…
S7E285 285 - Texans in the Hall: Tris Speaker
Hooks & Runs returns to weekly episodes with this continuation of our series "Texans in the Hall." This entry examines the career of Tris Speaker, who played 22 years in the Majors hitting .345…
S7E284 Talking Kansas City: Baseball, BBQ and Ballparks w/ Mike Czerniewski
Mike Czerniewski, host of This Podcast Is ... Uncalled For, joins us this week to talk about Kansas City baseball history - the Monarchs, the A's and the Royals, along with Kansas City BBQ and new…
S7E283 Musings from the Bleacher Seats: Ballparks and America's Pastime w/ Seth S. Tannenbaum (283)
Seth S. Tannenbaum, Ph.D. is assistant professor of sports studies at Manhattanville University and author of Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: Democracy and Division at the Twentieth-Century…
S7E282 282 - On Baseball's First Superstar w/ Thomas W. Gilbert
Our guest this episode is Thomas W. Gilbert. His new book, "Death in the Strike Zone: The Mystery of America's First Baseball Hero" (David R. Godine, 2026), is the story of James Creighton, a young…
S7E281 281 - "A Most Dramatic Diamond Struggle"
On July 10, 1932, after playing 3 double headers in 3 days, Connie Mack's Philadelphia A's faced the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland's League Park. Craziness ensued. The game and players set records…
S7E280 280 - Texans in the Hall: Joe Williams, Andy Cooper and Hilton Smith w/ Thomas Kern
Pennsylvania native Thomas Kern has been a Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) member for over 40 years and has several biographical essays about Negro League stars during that time. Thomas…
S7E279 279 Five future generals and 1915 Army baseball w/ Dr. Stephen V. Rice, plus Ferris Fain was a gangster
Dr. Stephen V. Rice joins us in the first chapter to talk about his recent article in the Baseball Research Journal, "The 1915 Army Baseball Team at West Point: Five Future Generals and an 18–3…
S7E278 278 -- The one and onlys, the Grammy Awards and Rex pulls a HOF rookie card!
Craig and Rex marvel over things that have happened only once in MLB history, plus comments about the recent Grammy Awards and a baseball card pull.Errata - Pat Kelly never managed in the Major…
S7E277 277 - Buried by History: the 1941 Philadelphia Phillies w/ Justin Klugh
Justin Klugh is author of the new book, "Summer of the Cheap Wieners: What the 1941 Phillies Were Up To While Joe DiMaggio Was Making History," (Brookline Books, 2026). There are not too many books…
S7E276 276 - Long Hours, Low Pay and Legendary Music w/ Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records
In this episode, we talk with Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records and author of The Hours Were Long, but the Pay Was Low (3 Fields Books, 2025). Rob shares stories from the early days of…
S6E275 275 - Wolverines, Free Agents and the Hooks & Runs Best Albums of 2025
What's going on with Michigan football? Craig and Rex look at random baseball news. Also, the Hooks & Runs year-end music review, featuring our favorite albums of 2025.Please consider supporting…
S6E274 274 - "I Thought I'd Given Up the Circus:" Baseball Promotions w/ Joseph Natalicchio
Joseph Natalicchio is the author of "Baseball's Most Outrageous Promotions: From Wedlock and Headlock Day to Disco Demolition Night" (McFarland 2025), released earlier in December. This is a…
S6E273 273 - Podcast News, Baseball Moves, Guns & Roses
Big news about the podcast, a look at some early baseball moves and Guns & Roses is going on tour. Errata: The Houston Astros missed the playoffs twice since 2015 - in 2016 and in 2025 - not…
S6E272 272 - The Spirit of Radio w/ Dave South
Dave South was the radio voice of Texas A&M Athletics from 1985 to his retirement in 2018. He is the author of "You Saw Me on the Radio: Recollections and Favorite Calls as the Voice of Aggie…
S6E271 271 - Hard Caps, Soft Caps, Salary Floors and Baseball Cards
This week on the podcast - a bizarre ending to a high school football game, the soon to be expired Collective Bargaining Agreement has baseball fans scrambling to learn about salary caps, and we open…
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Hooks & Runs has published 242 episodes since October 2020, covering topics in Baseball, Music.
Hooks & Runs is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 48m.
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