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Join historian Indy Neidell and his baseball-crazy pal Berns for a deep dive into the waters of baseball history. Loads of stories, stars, stats, oddballs, heroes, and villains from all eras of baseball history brought vividly back to life in a sprawling tapestry to honor our favorite sport. This is really for the baseball nerds out there, those of you who really want to know all about the people and the events that shaped the National Pastime.
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S2E4 S2E4: Sluggers of the 1970s, Part 5
Another installment of the 1970s Sluggers mini series for you, kicking off with a long look at Jeff Burroughs, but also featuring loads of sidetracks into things like how to steal home according to…
S2E3 S2E3: The Rogers Hornsby Thing, Finally! (This time for real)
After sidetracking on everything under the sun the past two episodes, Indy finally tells us the incredible thing Rogers Hornsby did NOT do, but someone else did. Not to worry, though, there are still…
S2E2 S2E2: The Rogers Hornsby Thing (and the 1926 World Series)
There's something that Rogers Hornsby did NOT do that Indy was supposed to talk about in the first episode of season two. That's on the agenda today, but there are the usual sidetracks- this time…
S2E1 S2E1: Season Two Opening Day- The Perfect Episode!
Indy and Berns kick off Season 2 of this weirdness in top Time Machine form: Indy sets the scene for what the episode is about, and then spends the rest of the entire episode side tracking about...…
S1E31 S1E31: Season One Finale- Sluggers of the 1970s, Part 4
Indy and Berns get back to the Sluggers of the 1970s Mini Series, today covering a pair of early 70s White Sox homer champs. Also the usual sidetracks into things like Ed Walsh's clutch run at the…
S1E30 S1E30: Maz and the Cenennarians
Just after the last episode was recorded- which was about the death of former Pirate star Roy Face- another Pirates legend, Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski, also passed away. This episode is an homage…
S1E29 S1E29: Indy Hijacks the Episode- an Homage to Roy Face
Instead of continuing the sluggers of the 1970s mini series, Indy and Berns spend the episode talking about the late great Roy Face, and some pretty impressive relief wins and winning percentage…
S1E28 S1E28: Sluggers of the 1970s Part 3
We continue this fabulous 70s sluggers mini-series, this week talking about the first team to ever have three guys hit 40 homers the same season before going into dives into George Foster and Dave…
S1E27 S1E27: Sluggers of the 1970s Part 2
This 70s sluggers mini series continues, today featuring numbers 3, 4, and 5 on the most homers of the 1970s list, as well as the usuall side tracks into things like Dave Nocholson's strikeouts,…
S1E26 S1E26: Sluggers of the 1970s Part 1
The response to our recent series 'Sluggers of the 1940s' was really positive, so here's the start of new Sluggers series! Today featruing Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell, and... Mike Epstein? Also…
S1E25 S1E25: The Three Heinies!!!
Here's something of a holiday special for you all- a stand alone episode on 'the Three Heinies', the greatest three major leaguers who were known as 'Heinie' (short for Heinrich or Henry), one a Hall…
S1E24 S1E24: The Emery Ball, Part 2- the best pitch ever.
Today Indy and Berns finish off their two part coverage of the Emery Ball with a deep dive into the careers of its two foremost practicioners, Russ Ford and Cy Falkenberg. Also, sidetracks into…
S1E23 S1E23: The Emery Ball
This week we get into how the emery ball, the most devastating pitch of them all, was revealed to the general public. Of course, Indy and Berns go off on side tracks about Billy Evans, Jimmy…
S1E22 S1E22: Ted Lyons and the Complete Games Thing
Today, Indy and Berns talk about a couple of mind boggling 20th century complete games record, and Indy spends some time talking about Hall of Famer Ted Lyons. There are also sidetracks on the deft…
S1E21 S1E21: Some Unbreakable Records (and various sidetracks)
Indy and Berns look at a few records that are either techically impossible or extremely unlikely to break, and there are some side tracks like always into things like the great Louisville gambling…
S1E20 S1E20: The Surprise Episode!
Is this going to be Sluggers of the 1940s part 5 or something else? We asked the piublic, and the puiblic responded- and here it is!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California…
S1E19 S1E19: Sluggers of the 1940s, Part 4
Yep, we're still in the 1940s, and this time there's an awful lot about Stan Musial, with side tracks into the 'lost homer', Nate Colbert, Alex Johnson, and more close batting races. NOTE- we are…
S1E18 S1E18: Sluggers of the 1940s, Part 3
More tales and numbers about Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams and the sluggers of the 1940s, but also- sidetracks into Joe Wilhoit and the longest hitting streak, Dick Wakefield, Joe McCarthy and the…
S1E17 S1E17: Sluggers of the 1940s, Part 2
Picking up where we left off last time, we get into a couple of DiMaggio brothers this week, and talk a bit about Ted Williams. There's also side tracks about Dale Alexander and the two closest…
S1E16 S1E16: Sluggers of the 1940s
Today we look at those mighty power hitters of the 1940s- prewar, postwar, and during the war- and talk about how slugging in that decade was different from in the 1930s and the 1950s. Also,…
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