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!

2022 Philadelphia Phillies 05/22/2022

2022 Philadelphia Phillies Can the Phillies make a run while the Mets are injured and not having fun? We interview Rich Baxter from the Fightin Phillies podcast. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/23189501

2022 Wichita Balk 05/19/2022

2022 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

2022 Oakland Athletics 05/15/2022

2022 Oakland Athletics Howard Terminal or Vegas, what is the future of the A’s? We debate as Ed Kasputis interviews Paul Francis Sullivan from Locked on MLB Podcast. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/23113916

2022 Kelli’s Pine 05/12/2022

2022 Kelli’s Pine Fatherhood, baseball, romance and family – those are the themes of Kelli’s Pine. We break our mold as Ed Kasputis interviews our first fiction author, Jay Grochowski about his great new book, Kelli’s Pine. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/23085596

2022 Washington Nationals 05/08/2022

2022 Washington Nationals The Nats are in last but they hope their rebuild will be fast. Ed Kasputis interviews Paul Francis Sullivan from Locked on MLB podcast about all things Nationals including Juan Soto. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/23040164

2022 Sign Stealing 05/05/2022

2022 Sign Stealing Our PhD Committee reviews the history of sign stealing and the recent development that the Houston Astros have been accused of improper sign stealing from 2017 through 2019. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/23011409

2022 Texas Rangers 05/01/2022

2022 Texas Rangers Are the Rangers upward bound with Cory Seager or will it just be more of the same with a higher payroll? We discuss as Mark and Ed call Farley while he seeks his most memorable cup of coffee. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22966655

2022 Minicast – Julia Ruth Stevens 04/28/2022

2022 Minicast – Julia Ruth Stevens Let’s learn about the woman who called Babe Ruth “daddy” as author Jerry Amernic interviews Babe Ruth’s daughter, Julia Ruth Stevens who passed away this year at the age of 102. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22936532

2022 Pittsburgh Pirates 04/24/2022

2022 Pittsburgh Pirates We’re in Pittsburgh where PNC Park is the star. Will the Pirates improve? We debate as Ed Kasputis interviews Joe Connor aka Mr. Sports Travel about things to do in Pittsburgh. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22889894

2022 Minicast – The Last Best League 04/21/2022

2022 Minicast – The Last Best League Ed Kasputis interviews author Jim Collins about his updated book, The Last Best League. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22862243

2022 Miami Marlins 04/17/2022

2022 Miami Marlins Welcome to Miami! Can the Fish swim throughout the NL East in 2022 as the Braves, Mets & Phillies have payrolls over $200 million dollars? Ed interviews Craig Calcaterra about his new book, Rethinking Fandom: How to beat the Sports-Industrial Complex… /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22815407

2022 Minicast – Ray Chapman & Me 04/14/2022

2022 Minicast – Ray Chapman & Me Ed Kasputis interviews children’s author, Dan Gutman about his book, Ray & Me. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22788137

2022 Kansas City Royals 04/10/2022

2022 Kansas City Royals He knocked in the winning run on Opening Day. The Bobby Witt Jr. era has begun. With the added experience of Zack Greinke, will the Royals make a dramatic improvement? Ed Kasputis interviews Professor Bruce Bukiet from the New Jersey Institute of Technology about the 2022 season and his predictions for each team. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22741439

2022 Minicast – First Year Owner 04/07/2022

2022 Minicast – First Year Owner In 2013, Ed Kasputis interviewed first year owner, Ken Babby of the Akron RubberDucks about what he learned during his first year of owning the Cleveland Indians AA affiliate. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22709939

2022 Detroit Tigers 04/03/2022

2022 Detroit Tigers Javier Baez, Miguel Cabrera and Spencer Torkelson, can this year’s Tigers bring hope to the Motor City? Ed Kasputis interviews MLB.com Tiger beat writer, Jason Beck for the answers. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22661993

2022 Minicast – First Year Manager 03/31/2022

2022 Minicast – First Year Manager In 2013, Ed Kasputis and Dave Matejczyk interviewed baseball’s youngest professional manager, 29 year old Drew Saylor about what he learned as the first year manager for the short-season Class A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, the Tri-City Dust Devils. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22630481

World Champion Atlanta Braves 03/27/2022

World Champion Atlanta Braves We honor the World Champion Atlanta Braves as Ed Kasputis interviews Atlanta baseball writer, Bennett Hipp about this year’s Bravos. Can the Braves repeat? /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22582610

2022 Minicast – Nick Gandy 03/24/2022

2022 Minicast – Nick Gandy Ed Kasputis interviews Nick Gandy from the Florida Sports Foundation about the Grapefruit League. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22552721

Free Agent Signings 03/20/2022

Free Agent Signings Spring Training has sprung as we cover the most recent MLB Free Agent signings with Paul Francis Sullivan from Locked on MLB podcast. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22504400

2022 Minicast – Miracle Ball 03/17/2022

2022 Minicast – Miracle Ball Ed Kasputis interviews award-winning writer and filmmaker, Brian Biegel about his documentary, Miracle Ball – The Fate of Bobby Thomson’s Legendary 1951 Home Run Ball. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22476620

Season Resumed 03/13/2022

Season Resumed We celebrate as the Players and Owners have agreed to a new MLB Collective Bargaining Agreement for the next 5 years. Opening Day is April 7th! /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22430123

2022 Minicast – Banzai Babe Ruth 03/11/2022

2022 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

Season Delayed 03/06/2022

Season Delayed The Season has been delayed. We discuss with Jeff Cohen from the podcast Baseball and BBQ and ponder why the players and owner’s can’t just take the plunge like Farley. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22354130

2022 Minicast – Roberto & Me 03/03/2022

2022 Minicast – Roberto & Me Ed Kasputis interviews baseball historian and children’s author, Dan Gutman about his book, Roberto & Me. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22320044

2022 Minicast – Jews & America’s Game 02/27/2022

2022 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

2022 Minicast – Charles O. Finley 02/24/2022

2022 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

Fly Me to Japan 02/20/2022

Fly Me to Japan As MLB labor strife continues, let’s go to a land where baseball is well. Fly me to Japan as Ed Kasputis interviews Trevor Raichura from Japanball.com. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22192991

2022 Minicast – St. Luke’s Hospital 02/17/2022

2022 Minicast – St. Luke’s Hospital In 2012, Ed Kasputis visited St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo to retrace the steps of Catcher and OSS spy, Moe Berg who visited the hospital on November 29, 1934 and shot video of the Tokyo skyline. Later during World War II, Berg shared this video with the U.S. Government. Kasputis interviews Kaoru Oda and Sumio […] /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22163198

Get Away Games 02/13/2022

Get Away Games Happy Valentine’s Day! Everyone likes to travel. Ed Kasputis interviews Joe Noga from cleveland.com about his article proposing that Major League Baseball play more games at non-traditional locations. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22114958

2022 Minicast – Fantasyland 02/10/2022

2022 Minicast – Fantasyland Ed Kasputis interviews Andre Lower about the baseball movie, Fantasyland and Andre’s web site, baseballbypostions.com. /episode/index/show/baseballphd/id/22085183

Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)

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