2026 Minicast – The JuJu Rules
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Ed Kasputis interviews award winning humorist and author, Hart Seely from his battle pod about his book, The JuJu Rules.
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2026 Witness to a Sweep
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In 2012, our PhD Committee went to the final game of the World Series to be a Witness to a Sweep. First Farley pays a bet then Ed, Farley & Dave play baseball at Tiger Stadium and meet Joe Michnuk from the Navin Field Grounds Crew. Then it’s time to head to Comerica Park to sit in the rain and watch the last game of a great year. Congratulations Giants and Tigers – wait ’til next year.
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2026 Minicast – The Last Great Scout
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Ed Kasputis interviews Dan Austin about his book, Baseball’s Last Great Scout: The Life of Hugh Alexander.
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World Baseball Classic Recap
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A great tournament has concluded. Congratulations to Team Venezuela. Ed Kasputis interviews the Honorable Louis Schiff about the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
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2026 Minicast Jaime Jarrin
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Ed Kasputis interviews Latino baseball historian, Anthony Salazar about Jaime Jarrin, the Spanish voice of the Dodgers since 1959.
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Episode 800
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We celebrate our 800th episode as Ed reports back from the World Baseball Classic in Miami as he and Farley remember our first 800 episodes. The podcast concludes as Ed interviews Jared Diamond from The Wall Street Journal about his recent articles about baseball.
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2026 Summer of ’68
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Ed Kasputis interviews author, Tim Wendel about his book, Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball – and America – Forever. From the beginning, ’68 was a season rocked by national tragedy and sweeping change. Opening Day was postponed and later played in the shadow of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s funeral. That summer, as the pennant races were heating up, the assassination of Robert Kennedy was later followed by rioting at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. But even as
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2026 The Famous San Diego Chicken Re-broadcast
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The Famous San Diego Chicken is the Babe Ruth of sports mascots. During this 39 minute interview, you’ll better understand how the genius of Ted Giannoulas has forever changed our ball park experience.
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2026 Longish Careers
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Our PhD Committee explores those players that had longish careers.
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Shoeless Joe Jackson
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Let’s remember the man with the fourth highest batting average (.356) in Major League Baseball History as Ed Kasputis interviews Dan Wallach from shoelesspodcast.com.
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All hail the Dodgers as the World Champions add Trevor Bauer in their quest to repeat. Ed Kasputis interviews Matt Moreno from dodgerblue.com as we all “Think Blue.”