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!

2025 Hall of Fame Ballot Review 02/02/2025

2025 Hall of Fame Ballot Review Congratulations to Dick Allen, Dave Parker, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki and Billy Wagner for being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Our PhD Committee salutes these five and debate if there is parity in Major League Baseball. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/35114480

2025 Minicast – Jews & America’s Game 01/30/2025

2025 Minicast – Jews & America’s Game Ed Kasputis interviews Larry Ruttman about his book, American Jews & America’s Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22269572

Public Servant of the Year 01/26/2025

Public Servant of the Year Our PhD Committee goes civic, as we honor our 2024 Public Servant of the Year. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/35010940

2025 Roberto Clemente Podcast 01/23/2025

2025 Roberto Clemente Podcast Our PhD Committee remembers Roberto Clemente on the 49th Anniversary of his death. Ed Kasputis and Dave Matejczyk interview Pulitzer Prize winner, David Maraniss about Clemente. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17377703

2025 Minicast – Ronald Wilson Reagan 01/19/2025

2025 Minicast – Ronald Wilson Reagan Let’s remember our 40th President – Ronald Wilson Reagan. We celebrate his wit and courage. Ed Kasputis reflects upon his 2010 visit to the Reagan Library in Simi Valley. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/4865782

2025 The San Diego Chicken Re-broadcast 01/16/2025

2025 The 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

Savannah Bananas 01/12/2025

Savannah Bananas Let’s learn about the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball as Mark Rantala interviews Jessie Cole, owner of the Savannah Bananas and Josh Talevsky, broadcaster for the Bananas. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/34822570

2025 Harry Caray Re-broadcast 01/09/2025

2025 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 […] /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17172416

2025 Jack Buck Re-broadcast 01/05/2025

2025 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

2025 Red Barber Re-broadcast 01/02/2025

2025 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 […] /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17102429

2025 New Year’s Eve Podcast 12/29/2024

2025 New Year’s Eve Podcast Happy New Year. We celebrate 2024 while we look forward to 2025. Our PhD Committee reviews the strange but true events of 2024 in Major League Baseball. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/34643810

2024 Mel Allen Re-broadcast 12/26/2024

2024 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 […] /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17102432

2024 Christmas Podcast 12/22/2024

2024 Christmas Podcast Merry Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our savior. Our PhD Committee interviews Jeff Cohen from the podcast, Baseball and BBQ about the Mets signing Juan Soto who they believe might the savior for their organization. Time will tell. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/34569080

2024 Ernie Harwell Re-broadcast 12/19/2024

2024 Ernie Harwell Re-broadcast 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 […] /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17102441

2024 Vin Scully Re-broadcast 12/15/2024

2024 Vin Scully Re-broadcast 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 […] /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/17102444

Golden At-Bat 12/08/2024

Golden At-Bat MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred floated the idea of the Golden At-Bat. We debate as we bask in President Trump’s re-election. Was 2024 Trump’s Golden At-Bat? /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/34332190

2024 Wichita Balk 12/01/2024

2024 Wichita Balk Ed Kasputis interviews Steve Schuster, voice of the Winnipeg Goldeyes about an unforgettable Game 4 of the 2017 American Association Championship Series. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/23159753

2024 Baseball Comedy 11/28/2024

2024 Baseball Comedy Our PhD Committee examines and celebrates the comedians who love baseball through their unforgettable skits. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/4014034

2024 Minicast – James “Deacon” White 11/24/2024

2024 Minicast – James “Deacon” White Ed Kasputis interviews baseball researcher, James D. Smith III about the barehanded catcher, James “Deacon” White (1847-1939) who will be the only player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 28, 2013. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/19424075

2024 Summer of ’68 11/17/2024

2024 Summer of ’68 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 […] /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/19965287

2024 Minicast – Charles O. Finley 11/14/2024

2024 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

2024 Minicast – Marty Kuehnert 11/10/2024

2024 Minicast – Marty Kuehnert From Tokyo, Ed Kasputis interviews Marty Kuehnert, Senior Advisor to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles about his 40+ year career as an American baseball executive in Japan. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/18086846

2024 World Series Review 11/02/2024

2024 World Series Review Hail to the Los Angeles Dodgers as they win their eighth World Series. Ed Kasputis interviews Matt Moreno from dodgerblue.com about this year’s Fall Classic. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/33753892

2024 Game 6 Road Trip Re-broadcast 10/27/2024

2024 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

2024 World Series 10/24/2024

2024 World Series Dodgers, Yankees, let’s get ready for an epic World Series. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/33593347

2024 Minicast – Down to the Last Pitch 10/20/2024

2024 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

2024 League Championship Series 10/13/2024

2024 League Championship Series The final four are set, Dodgers, Mets, Guardians and Yankees. Ed Kasputis interviews fellow podcaster, Jeff Cohen from Baseball and BBQ podcast about what it means for both New York teams to still be in the playoffs. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/33435542

3…2…1… We’re on the Air 10/10/2024

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

Division Series Preview 10/06/2024

Division Series Preview There are 8 teams left with the 4 underdogs advancing through the Wild Card Series. We try to make sense of it. OMG. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/33344807

2024 Wild Card Preview 10/02/2024

2024 Wild Card Preview The postseason has begun with the Tigers, Royals and Mets winning on day 1. We preview the Wild Card round and reminisce our road trip for the A’s last game in Oakland. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/33292842

Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)

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