2026 Vin Scully Re-broadast
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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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2026 New Year’s Eve Podcast
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2025 is almost over. Our PhD Committee reflects on the past year and can’t wait for the New Year. On January 21, 2026 the Dodgers’ luxury tax of $169 million dollars will be due. What lies ahead for the game we love?
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2025 Minicast – Watching Baseball Smarter
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Ed Kasputis interviews baseball writer and author, Zack Hample about his book, Watching Baseball Smarter.
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2025 Christmas Podcast
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We celebrate the birth of Jesus as well as a great 2025 MLB Season (if you are a Dodgers fan).
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2025 Minicast – Charles O. Finley
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Ed Kasputis interviews G. Michael Green about his book, Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball’s Super Showman.
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2025 Minicast – Banzai Babe Ruth
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Ed Kasputis interviews Robert K. Fitts about his new book, Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan.
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2025 Luckiest Man
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Ed Kasputis interviews Jonathan Eig about his best selling book – Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig.
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2025 Minicast – 1954 NY Giants
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Ed Kasputis interviews baseball researcher, John Burbridge about the 1954 World Champion New York Giants.
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2025 Minicast – Underground Railroad
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Next to Cincinnati‘s Great American Ballpark is the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Ed Kasputis interviews Paul Bernish about this must see museum.
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2025 Minicast – Eight Men Out
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Eight Men Out is a 1988 American baseball classic movie that depicts the 1919 Chicago White Sox gambling scandal. In our first minicast (a short podcast), Ed Kasputis and baseball researcher, Jim Nitz review this must see movie. Say it ain’t so Joe.
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The Brewers are in first place with a relentless attitude. We honor Willie Mays (May 6, 1931 – June 18, 2024) who died this week at the age of 93. Was Mays the greatest center fielder? We debate.