Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)

What would you do if you could get a PhD in life - through baseball? Welcome to Baseball PhD. A podcast for your brain. 30 major league cities, 100 places to see. Let\'s touch them all as we make a road trip of a lifetime!

2026 The Famous San Diego Chicken Re-broadcast 03/08/2026

2026 The Famous San Diego Chicken Re-broadcast 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. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17577965

2026 Longish Careers 03/05/2026

2026 Longish Careers Our PhD Committee explores those players that had longish careers. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17228783

Shoeless Joe Jackson 03/01/2026

Shoeless Joe Jackson 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. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/40269345

2026 Presidents & Baseball 02/26/2026

2026 Presidents & Baseball As America prepared for the start of the 2016 Presidential Primary Season, our PhD Committee explored Presidents & Baseball and paid homage to Jonathan the Tortoise, who is older than the game of baseball. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/4100276

2026 World Baseball Classic 02/22/2026

2026 World Baseball Classic Let’s get ready for the World Baseball Classic as games are about to begin in Houston, Miami, San Juan and Tokyo. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/40189410

2026 Stealing First 02/19/2026

2026 Stealing First Ed Kasputis interviews author, Chris Williams about his new book, Stealing First and Other Old-Time Baseball Stories. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17102426

2026 Jim Bouton 02/15/2026

2026 Jim Bouton Ed Kasputis interviews Professor of Law and the author of numerous baseball books, Mitchell Nathanson about his new book, Bouton: The Life of a Baseball Original. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/20344280

2026 Minicast – Culture of Excellence 02/12/2026

2026 Minicast – Culture of Excellence Ed Kasputis interviews Colin Cerniglia, the founder and CEO of the Talent 409 Leadership Academy about his new book, Culture of Excellence. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/23372987

Donna Muscarella 02/08/2026

Donna Muscarella Enjoy our first full video podcast as Ed Kasputis interviews baseball photographer and baseball renaissance woman, Donna Muscarella and AI Farley makes his dancing debut. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/40033835

2026 Baseball Under the Palms 02/05/2026

2026 Baseball Under the Palms Ed Kasputis interviews Sam Zygner about his outstanding book, Baseball Under the Palms: The History of Miami Minor League Baseball – The Early Years, 1892 – 1960. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/21128135

2026 Minicast – Down to the Last Pitch 02/01/2026

2026 Minicast – Down to the Last Pitch What was the greatest World Series? Ed Kasputis learns as he interviews author, Tim Wendel about his new book, Down to the Last Pitch. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/27232014

2026 Lady in Blue 01/29/2026

2026 Lady in Blue It’s January as hundreds of men and women head to umpire school as they chase their dream to become a professional baseball umpire. Ed Kasputis interviews the one and only, Perry Lee Barber who has been a female baseball umpire since 1981. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/29579378

2026 3…2…1… We’re on the Air 01/25/2026

2026 3…2…1… We’re on the Air Ed Kasputis interviews Emmy Award winning Producer Robert Steinfeld about his new book, 3… 2… 1… We’re on the Air. Imagine what it’s like to make hundreds of decisions in just two hours on “live” network television with your work seen by millions of people. That’s what Steinfeld has been doing for decades. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/33399557

2026 Harry Caray Re-broadcast 01/22/2026

2026 Harry Caray Re-broadcast Holy Cow! We conclude our 6 podcast series on baseball’s greatest sportscasters with Harry Caray (1914 – 1998). Caray broadcast Major League Baseball for 53 years. Ed, Farley & Mark review the 2006 PBS documentary, Kokoyakyu – High School Baseball. Then it’s time for baseball’s greatest showman. Ed interviews author and former presidential speech writer, Curt Smith about Caray and his legacy. We then listen as /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17172416

2026 Jack Buck Re-broadcast 01/18/2026

2026 Jack Buck Re-broadcast Jack Buck (1924 – 2002) called 11 World Series, 4 Major League All-Star games and 18 Super Bowls. Ed, Farley and Mark review Buck‘s career and make their Super Bowl predictions in his honor. Ed interviews author Curt Smith about Buck and Marty Allen shares his worst day in radio. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17142836

2026 Red Barber Re-broadcast 01/15/2026

2026 Red Barber Re-broadcast Barber hired Vin Scully We honor one of the greatest baseball sportscasters of all time – Red Barber. We explore his life and influence. Ed interviews and thanks Dale Mugford from Brave New Code for our new mobile web site. Ed then interviews author, speech writer and professor, Curt Smith. Our podcast concludes as we remember the Ol’ Redhead and prepare for our next podcast – Jack Buck and “That’s a Winner.” /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17102429

Venezuela 01/11/2026

Venezuela Things are changing in Venezuela. How will it affect Venezuela baseball? We discuss. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/39687465

2026 Mel Allen Re-broadcast 01/08/2026

2026 Mel Allen Re-broadcast Mordecai Israel was his name Mel Allen was born in Birmingham, Alabama and grew up to become the “Voice of the Yankees“. Our PhD Committee relives his great life with the help of authors, Stephen Borelli, Stanley Cohen and Rob Edelman. Our podcast also talks about Cliff Lee returning to the Phillies and notable baseball deaths for 2010. Then it’s time for At the Mixer with Marty Allen (no relation to Mel). /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17102432

2026 Ernie Harwell Podcast 01/04/2026

2026 Ernie Harwell Podcast This podcast features baseball sportscaster great, Ernie Harwell. Our PhD Committee first reviews Major League Baseball’s playoff expansion idea of adding an additional wild card team in each league and then shifts into analyzing who is listening to our podcasts. Then it’s time for Harwell. Hear Harwell’s moving 1955 poem – The Definition of Baseball, then hear Harwell’s account of baseball’s Shot Heard ‘Round the World. Ed Kasputis then interview /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17102441

2026 Vin Scully Re-broadast 01/01/2026

2026 Vin Scully Re-broadast 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. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17102444

2026 New Year’s Eve Podcast 12/27/2025

2026 New Year’s Eve Podcast 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? /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/39543635

2025 Minicast – Watching Baseball Smarter 12/25/2025

2025 Minicast – Watching Baseball Smarter Ed Kasputis interviews baseball writer and author, Zack Hample about his book, Watching Baseball Smarter. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17318240

2025 Christmas Podcast 12/20/2025

2025 Christmas Podcast We celebrate the birth of Jesus as well as a great 2025 MLB Season (if you are a Dodgers fan). /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/39482420

2025 Minicast – Charles O. Finley 12/18/2025

2025 Minicast – Charles O. Finley Ed Kasputis interviews G. Michael Green about his book, Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball’s Super Showman. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22237343

2025 Minicast – Banzai Babe Ruth 12/14/2025

2025 Minicast – Banzai Babe Ruth Ed Kasputis interviews Robert K. Fitts about his new book, Banzai Babe Ruth: Baseball, Espionage and Assassination during the 1934 Tour of Japan. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22412549

2025 Luckiest Man 12/11/2025

2025 Luckiest Man Ed Kasputis interviews Jonathan Eig about his best selling book – Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/19507631

2025 Minicast – 1954 NY Giants 12/07/2025

2025 Minicast – 1954 NY Giants Ed Kasputis interviews baseball researcher, John Burbridge about the 1954 World Champion New York Giants. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/19338029

2025 Minicast – Underground Railroad 12/04/2025

2025 Minicast – Underground Railroad Next to Cincinnati‘s Great American Ballpark is the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Ed Kasputis interviews Paul Bernish about this must see museum. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/21690923

2025 Minicast – Eight Men Out 11/30/2025

2025 Minicast – Eight Men Out 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. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/18731858

2025 Game 6 Road Trip Re-broadcast 11/23/2025

2025 Game 6 Road Trip Re-broadcast Let’s remember one of the greatest World Series games of all time – Game 6 of the the 2011 World Series. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/20766554

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