2025 Minicast – What So Proudly We Hailed
Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)
Over 200 years ago, Francis Scott Key penned the words for our National Anthem as he watched the Battle of Baltimore from a British Navy ship. Ed Kasputis interviews author, Marc Leepson about his newly completed biography, What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life.
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2025 Houston Astros
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Everybody’s hurt and the Astros are in first place. How? Ed Kasputis interviews William Metzger from crawfishboxes.com about this tremendous feat.
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2025 Minicast – Pluto on Weaver
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Ed Kasputis interviews Cleveland Plain Dealer sports columnist Terry Pluto about Earl Weaver.
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2025 Texas Rangers
Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)
What is the identity of the Rangers? Are they bad or are they good? We debate as Ed Kasputis interviews West Jones from justbaseball.com.
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2025 Camden Yards
Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)
Ed Kasputis interviews Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor about beautiful Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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2025 St. Louis Cardinals
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Ed’s back from St. Louis where he enjoyed watching the Cardinals and exploring Ballpark Village as he interviews Heather Simon from vivaelbirdos.com about this year’s team.
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Cincinnati Soul
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Ed interviews Al Lautenslager, author of the just released book, Cincinnati Soul – An In-Depth Review of the Cincinnati Tigers, the Cincinnati Cuban Stars, and Other Negro League Baseball in Cincinnati.
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2025 Arizona Diamondbacks
Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)
Will Chase Field get renovated? Will the Dbacks get back to their World Series form? Ed Kasputis interviews Jim McLennan from azsnakepit.com to get the scoop.
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2025 Ernie Banks Minicast
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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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Athletics
Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)
Last week, Ed headed to Sacramento with our 2024 Public Servant of the Year, the Honorable Louis Schiff to see the Athletics at Sutter Health Park. Ed and Lou report back on their road trip and impressions of Sacramento.
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On September 18, 2010, Ed Kasputis got his Baseball PhD by visiting his 30th Major League Ballpark – Target Field. Our PhD Committee examines Ed about his 40 year journey though the baseball world and life.