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My Baseball History is a long form interview podcast. Each episode, host Dan Wallach talks to someone new who has some sort of association to the game of baseball, learns about how they fell in love with the game, and how they got where they are today.
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Join the Baseball History Podcast game announcer as he explores this week in baseball history. Check out the featured word or phrase in the Baseball Dictionary. Visit baseball cities past and present, Major League, Minor League and Negro League to hear where the teams play or played.
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Come on a journey to explore the rich history of our great American game in The Baseball History Timeline podcast. I’m Michael and I’ll take you through the details of every season from 1901 to the present, highlighting the noteworthy teams, players, games and other events comprising the timeline of the national pastime.
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rounders/subscribe Rounders: A History of Baseball in America examines baseball's journey from a diversion played on the outskirts of small towns to a pastime continually shaping this country's cultural identity. This sport isn't just about a ball-and-stick. It's a snapshot of ourselves, our nation, and our world.
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The Wicked Witch Is DEAD errr, RETIRED! This week we discuss the retirement of MLB umpires Angel Hernandez and Paul Emmel, a high schooler who enlisted one of the biggest MLB stars to help him ask a girl to prom, scouting umpires that tip pitches. They also dive into various baseball history topics, including debates about the best second baseman, …
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After a long weekend, Mike and Bill are back with an only slightly shortened episode. Don't worry though, there's still over an hour of birthdays, memorials, and emails from listeners with stories and lots of additional geological baseball names. We'll be back next week with a full episode. So happy birthday to George McQuinn and Gary Nolan! And fa…
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The New York Giants, established in 1883, are a cornerstone of baseball history, boasting legendary players like Christy Mathewson, Willie Mays, and Mel Ott. While the Yankees and Dodgers often get most of the nostalgia coverage, the Giants deserve that same interest level. Let’s look at the club’s fascinating history today on Rounders: A History o…
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On this episode, Dan Wallach talks with Jeremy Feador, who is the official team historian of the Cleveland Guardians. Follow MBH on facebook, twitter, and instagram @shoelesspodcast and sign up for the email newsletter at shoelesspodcast.substack.com Don't forget to rate, review, and listen on iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite pod…
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On the 81st anniversary of the shortest nine-inning game in American League history, an 89 minute affair between the White Sox and Senators, Mike and Bill try to finish their episode about it before the game itself would have ended. Along the way, they talk about Luke Appling, knuckleballers, exactly what the Washington baseball team's nickname was…
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Wow, 250 baseball history episodes and they haven’t fired us yet. Alot to get though this week. Khrush Davis crushes cars now, the next gen baseball card relics, more whiskey content but this time baseball related, the weekly Seinfeld story and some ideas to keep pitchers healthy. Our main segment is all about 250. We look at a bunch of players who…
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There is no arguing that Stan Musial is one of the finest players, and people, in baseball history, and this week marks the 66th anniversary of Baseball's Perect Knight collecting his 3,000th hit. Mike and Bill look back at one off the least controversial inner-circle hall of famers of all time, and document his Horatio Alger-esque journey to achie…
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Learn about the evolution of baseball's batting headgear and its significant changes over the past 100+ years. Sign Up for the FREE Newsletter Get the weekly digest AND access to the FREE bonus show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rounders.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up as a premium subscriber and get this show ad-free PLUS access to several other…
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As long as there’s baseball there’s going to new baseball history and this week we’ve got new Topps cards for, checks notes, hot dogs? We have a JJ Hardy landscaping update, a leftover 420 thought that could revolutionize jerseys (they can’t get any worse), we rag on John Fisher, again, plus we got some good debuts to discuss. In our Tales segment …
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With our heroes sidelined this week for one last time, why don't we all kick back, relax, and take in a show. Baseball has inspired dozens of films, but thusfar only one major Broadway musical, the classic Damn Yankees, which debuted 65 years ago this week. Mike and Bill, both theater fans, dig into its history, and the legendary artists who brough…
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What a weird week it’s been in baseball. Bees, cats and sausages are only the tip of the iceberg. Beanballs in Philly before a game, the Rockies refuse to take the lead and blue collar baseball cards are now a thing. But this is a baseball history podcast, so let’s talk about Brad Lesley. The Animal played briefly in MLB, but he became a star both …
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While his name is familiar to baseball history fans, the life of Moses Fleetwood Walker, the first acknowledged African-American man to play Major League Baseball, is not. On the 137th anniversary of his debut, Mike and Bill look back on that life, at the efforts of Cap Anson and other bigots to stop his career and ban other black players from the …
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Darryl Kile was a talented and respected Major League Baseball pitcher known for his fierce competitiveness on the mound. He had a successful career playing for the Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals before his untimely death in 2002 at the age of 33. Kile's legacy lives on through his contributions to the sport and the impac…
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A week late but never a nug short. This episode is all about April 20th. Who has the best 420 name in baseball history? Who was the best player to debut on 420? How good was the real Lil Stoner and how much would he make in endorsements today? We crunch the numbers and do the math. The new season of Wax Pack Heroes is here! Extra wax this season. D…
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How many rakes do you have to step on before the spectacle of it goes from funny to unfunny to hilarious again? Unfortunately for Baltimore fans, the Orioles put this to the test 28 years ago this week when the allowed 16 runs in the 8th inning to the Texas Rangers. As they sometimes do, Mike and Bill dig into this extraordinary inning on a granula…
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Was Nellie Fox overrated by old school types who voted him into the Hall of Fame? Or is he undervalued by today's modern metrics that rank him as one off the weakest members of that exclusive club of players? The answer, most likely, is yes to both questions. But he was never more valuable than he was 65 years ago this week, when he collected five …
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On this episode, Dan Wallach talks with Ange Armato, who is a former player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League who spent time playing with the Rockford Peaches and the Kalamazoo Lassies Follow MBH on facebook, twitter, and instagram @shoelesspodcast and sign up for the email newsletter at shoelesspodcast.substack.com Don't forge…
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We finally did it, we’re gonna talk baseball AND wrestling this week in honor of WrestleMania. Helping us in two time guest, author Brad Balukjian who has another book, The Six Pack that follows a similar to his first book The Wax Pack. But it’s not all body slams and choke slams, we also talk about minor league promotions, a team full of George Co…
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Overshadowed by the greatness of Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle, the third of the holy trio of Golden Age, New York-based center fielders, Duke Snider, was a marvel in his own right. A five tool player whose short peak rivaled Willie's for the title of the best player in the National League and pushed the Dodgers to their first championship. But all…
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The Cubs might not be willing to acknowledge it today, but it was 32 years ago this week that they acquired one of the greatest players in franchise history, trading away aging slugger George Bell for a dynamic, young Sammy Sosa. Sosa would go on to challenge for the single season home run record, club more than 600 career bombs, and win an MVP. Mi…
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Our final spring training episode we’re ready to start the season. We dug up a Jorge Posada highlight we had never seen before as well as listen to a Boomer from the 80’s saying Boomer things about baseball, our show fact is pretty heavy but still good with a bat and we have our first debut of the season! Our main segment we talk about a Negro Leag…
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It was the most expensive trade in Negro League history. It was also specificallly designed to be the killing strike that finished off the Pittsburgh Crawfords. Finally, it ended the career of Hall of Fame third baseman Judy Johnson, who refused to report to the Homestead Grays when he and Josh Gibson were traded there 87 years ago this week. Mike …
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Joey Votto is back! He’s a man of the people and we’re here for it. We also hear a story from Will Clark about some guy stealing bases, find out what cigarettes the 1934 World Champions smoke, listen to Keith Hernandez learn about Mets jerseys in real time and learn a couple of 244 facts. This week’s main story is about Bob Caruthers, he was Shohei…
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On this episode, Dan Wallach talks with William Peebles who is the owner, founder, and craftsman of Huntington Base Ball Co. and a historian of the evolution of the baseball. Follow MBH on facebook, twitter, and instagram @shoelesspodcast and sign up for the email newsletter at shoelesspodcast.substack.com Don't forget to rate, review, and listen o…
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Still spring training but we’re in mid season form. This week we tackle the hard hitting topics in baseball like reviewing Lance Parrish’ appearance on Different Strokes, Dwayne Murphy still getting paid by MC Hammer, George Brett wants a bathroom upgrade from Royals Stadium and does singing the national anthem before a game really matter? Our main…
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From the very beginning of the National League, baseball's overlords have attempted to grow the sport beyond America's borders. These efforts have met with varying levels of success over the years, but it's clear that baseball has never been more popular abroad than it is in 2024. Our guest this week, MLB.com's manager of storytelling Michael Clair…
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We’re back louder than ever after a week off with the first Lars Nootbaar update of the year, NCAA baseball HBP’s, a new Manny being Manny story, possible expansion city talk (with bonus state capitols)and MLBPA discounts. Our main story this week we look at Hack Wilson. We’ve referenced him plenty but know we get to know about him. He could hit th…
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For as long as it has existed, baseball has been intertwined with New York City, with the two developing alongside one another into American institutions. With special guest Kevin Baker, author of The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City, Mike and Bill trace the history of the sport in the greatest city in the world, how New York poli…
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