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“Down On The Korner” with Mark Rosenman

“Ralph Kiner was a jewel.  He loved the game of baseball.  He loved to talk baseball.”  -Tom Seaver One of the staples of the long and storied history of baseball on television is the postgame show,...

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“The Baseball Whisperer” with Michael Tackett

“For all who care about baseball, character, and leadership, Michael Tackett has brought us the inspiring and unforgettable story of a phenomenal coach and his legacy.”  -Michael Beschloss, historian...

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“The Last Innocents” with Michael Leahy

White, black, Jewish, Christian, wealthy, working class, conservative, liberal — the Los Angeles Dodgers of the 1960s embodied the disparate cultural forces at play in an America riven by race and...

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“The Eighth Wonder of the World” with Robert Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack

“This is a tough park for a hitter when the air conditioning is blowing in.”  -Bob Boone When it opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome — nicknamed the Eighth Wonder of the World — captured the...

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“Baseball’s Most Baffling MVP Ballots” with Jeremy Lehrman

  “I just won the Nobel Prize of baseball.”  -Elston Howard, American League MVP, 1963  Snubs.  Grudges.  Conspiracies.  Incompetence.  All in a day’s work for some of those who vote on Baseball’s Most...

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“Will Big League Baseball Survive” with Lincoln Mitchell

  In his shrewd analysis — Will Big League Baseball Survive? — Lincoln Mitchell asks whether the sport will continue in its current form as a huge, lucrative global business that offers a monopoly in...

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“Frick: Baseball’s Third Commissioner” with John Carvalho

  “Keep your temper.  A decision made in anger is never sound.”   Ford Frick is best known as the baseball commissioner who put the “asterisk” next to Roger Maris’s record.   But his tenure as...

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“42 Faith” with Ed Henry

  “Quit praying for me alone, Ma, and pray for the whole team.”  -Jackie Robinson’s letter to his mother in 1947, his rookie season   Journalist and baseball lover Ed Henry reveals for the first time...

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“One Nation Under Baseball” with John Florio & Ouisie Shapiro

  “The ’60s were a time of conflict, progress, tragedy, triumph, and unforgettable events in the nation and its pastime.  One Nation Under Baseball connects the two in revealing and insightful...

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“The New York Yankees Fans’ Bucket List” with Mark Feinsand

buck•et list - noun informal - a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime   All New York Yankees fans have a bucket list of activities to...

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“Casey Stengel: Baseball’s Greatest Character” with Marty Appel

  As a player, Charles Dillon “Casey” Stengel’s contemporaries included Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, and Christy Mathewson… and he was the only person in history to wear the uniforms of all four New York...

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“Hank Greenberg in 1938″ with Ron Kaplan

  Hank Greenberg was coming off a stellar season where he hit 40 home runs and had 184 RBIs.  Even with his success at the plate, neither Greenberg nor the rest of the world could have expected what...

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“Dinner with DiMaggio” with Dr. Rock Positano and John Positano

  The real Joe DiMaggio — remembered by the man who knew him best in the last decade of his life.  Candid and little-known stories about icons from Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, and his Yankees teammates...

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“It Happens Every Spring” with Pulitzer Prize-winner Ira Berkow

  A Pulitzer Prize-winner returns to the Clubhouse. It Happens Every Spring: DiMaggio, Mays, the Splendid Splinter, and a Lifetime at the Ballpark — opinions and reflections on the National Pastime...

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“Urban Shocker” with Steve Steinberg

Baseball in the 1920’s is most known for Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, but there was another great Yankees player in that era whose compelling story remains untold. Urban Shocker was a fiercely...

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“Making My Pitch” with Jean Hastings Ardell

  “Making My Pitch: A Woman’s Baseball Odyssey” tells the story of Ila Jane Borders, who despite formidable obstacles became a Little League prodigy, MVP of her otherwise all-male middle school and...

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“Piazza” with author Greg Prince

A franchise and fan base in perpetual search of validation finally had its ticket punched as 2016 dawned.  Mike Piazza, who held records in one hand and a city’s rapt attention in the other, gained...

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“The Pride of the Yankees” with Richard Sandomir

  The untold story behind the first great sports film... The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic   On July 4, 1939, baseball great Lou Gehrig stood in Yankee...

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“The Cooperstown Casebook” with Jay Jaffe

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, tucked away in upstate New York in a small town called Cooperstown, is far from any major media market or big league stadium.  Yet no sports hall of...

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“The Arena” with Rafi Kohan

Inside the tailgating, ticket-scalping, mascot-racing, dubiously funded, and possibly haunted monuments of American sport "For one year, I traveled the United States visiting sports stadiums -- all...

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"If These Walls Could Talk: New York Yankees" with Jim Kaat

Pitching through four decades in the Major Leagues, Jim Kaat won 283 games with the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and St. Louis...

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"Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius" with Bill Pennington

“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned,” Billy Martin said.  He was in second grade.Billy Martin is a story of contrasts. He was the “other” second baseman in New York in the 1950s, playing nearly every...

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"Split Season 1981" with Jeff Katz, the Mayor of Cooperstown

The Mayor of Cooperstown, an author, and a former options trader walked into a Clubhouse...The never-before-told, behind-the-scenes story of the exciting and memorable 1981 baseball season.  The year...

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"The Colonel and Hug: The Partnership That Transformed The New York Yankees"...

“Ruppert and Huggins were the principal figures in the transition of the Yankees from an afterthought on the New York baseball scene to the nation’s greatest sports dynasty of the twentieth century.”...

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"Crack of the Bat: A History of Baseball on the Radio" with James Walker

“I watch a lot of baseball on the radio.”  -President Gerald R. FordRadio has brought the sounds of baseball into homes for almost one hundred years.  The first All-Star Game, Lou Gehrig’s farewell...

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"The Dad Report: Fathers, Sons, and Baseball Families" with Kevin Cook

A tapestry of uplifting stories in which fathers and sons share the game...Almost two hundred father-son pairs have played in the big leagues.  Kevin Cook takes us inside the clubhouses, homes, and...

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"At The Ballpark" -- A Phenomenal Panel

A phenomenal panel on a Friday evening in the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse...“At The Ballpark” with Lee Lowenfish, Roberta Newman, Charlie Vascellaro & Russell Wolinsky.They talked Baseball.  We...

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"Pinstripes and Penance / Long Road Home" with John Malangone and Mike Harrison

“I want you to stay away from my brothers.  You are prone to trouble.  You are always in trouble.”  -Mickey MantleAfter a private screening of the award-winning documentary Long Road Home, John...

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"Game of My Life: NY Mets" with Ed Charles and author Michael Garry

An October evening in the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse with a World Series Champion.Michael Garry, author of Game of My Life: New York Mets, took us through the most unforgettable games in Mets history,...

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"The Betrayal: The 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball" with...

We are continually pulled to the story of the 1919 World Series and the Chicago White Sox -- The Black Sox -- because so much of modern sport, and our attitude towards it, springs from the scandal. In...

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"Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League"...

In February 1947, the most memorable season in the history of the Cuban League finished with a dramatic series win by Almendares against its rival Habana.  As the celebration spread through the streets...

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"A Century in the Bleachers" with Arnold Hano and filmmaker Jon Leonoudakis

Meet Arnold Hano. He might be the Babe Ruth of writers.Arnold has been published in nine decades, wrote twenty-seven books, sold over a million of them, and penned 500 magazine and newspaper...

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"Baseball Immortal: Derek Jeter" with Danny Peary

“Passion is the genesis of genius.”  -GalileoBaseball Immortal: Derek Jeter takes you on a remarkable forty-year journey, letting you step inside the great Yankee shortstop’s life and career through...

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"Fun City: John Lindsay, Joe Namath, and How Sports Saved New York in the...

“Coming events cast their shadows before.”  -Thomas Campbell, Scottish poetOn January 1, 1966, New York came to a standstill as the city’s transit workers went on strike.  This was the first day on the...

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"The Golden Era of Major League Baseball" with Bryan Soderholm-Difatte

A former CIA analyst walked through the Clubhouse door...In The Golden Era of Major League Baseball: A Time of Transition and Integration, Bryan Soderholm-Difatte explores the significant events and...

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"Black Baseball, Black Business" with Roberta Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen

“Desegregation in baseball was hard on everybody.”  -Monte Irvin, Hall of Famer An extraordinary history of the Negro Leagues and the economic disruptions of desegregating a sport Roberta Newman and...

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"The Cardinals Way" with Howard Megdal

How one team embraced tradition and Moneyball at the same time... The St. Louis Cardinals have experienced the kind of success that is rare in baseball.  They not only win, but do so with an...

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"Amazin' Again" with author Greg Prince

“The Mets are gonna be amazing.”  -Casey Stengel, circa 1975 They were coming off a seemingly endless string of losing records.  They were considered years away from legitimate contention.  They were...

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"Greatness in the Shadows" with author Douglas Branson

“Larry Doby’s trials, and the triumphs that earned him a place in Cooperstown, are a stirring story wonderfully told by Douglas Branson.”  -George F. Will Just eleven weeks after Jackie Robinson...

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"Kings of Queens: Life Beyond Baseball with the '86 Mets" with author Erik...

“I’m so proud of what we accomplished in that magical 1986 season and the brotherhood that we still have for one another all these years later.  Enjoy this personal portrayal of one of baseball...

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"God Almighty Hisself: The Life and Legacy of Dick Allen" with author...

“I believe God Almighty hisself would have trouble handling Richie Allen.”  -George Myatt, Philadelphia Phillies’ interim manager, 1969 When the Philadelphia Phillies signed Dick Allen in 1960, fans...

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"The Last Chicago Cubs Dynasty" with Hal Bock

“The Cubs became a metaphor for the underdog, the loser, lovable or not, that we as a species can’t help but instinctively pull for.”  -Joe Mantegna, actor "The Last Chicago Cubs Dynasty: Before The...

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"The Only Rule Is It Has To Work" with Ben Lindbergh

What would happen if two statistics-minded outsiders were allowed to run a professional baseball team? It’s the ultimate in fantasy baseball: You get to pick the roster, set the lineup, and decide on...

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"Cuba's Baseball Defectors" with author Peter Bjarkman

“All things considered there are only two kinds of men in the world -- those that stay at home and those that do not.  The second are the most interesting.”  -Rudyard Kipling The stellar play and...

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"Nine Innings To Success" with Hall of Famer Jim Palmer

In 1966, Jim Palmer was just 20 years old when he became the youngest pitcher to throw a World Series shutout, helping lead the Baltimore Orioles to their first-ever championship.  Two years later,...

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"Jackie Robinson In Quotes" with Danny Peary

“When he was eight, Dad got into a name-calling fight with the little white girl who lived across the street.  The children’s verbal battle was interrupted when the girl’s father came outside and...

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"Terror in the City of Champions" with Tom Stanton

“The Freedom of Information Act is a critical and sometimes underappreciated tool that allows all of us access to the records of our government.  It was through the act that I obtained copies of more...

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"Doc, Donnie, The Kid, and Billy Brawl" with Chris Donnelly

Doc, Donnie, The Kid, and Billy Brawl with author Chris Donnelly and special Roundtable Guest: Tony Denera. We discussed Major League baseball in 1980s New York, Gary Carter, Don Baylor, Nelson...

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"War in the Ring" with John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro

War in the Ring with John Florio and Ouisie Shapiro -- and special Roundtable Guest: Mitch Nathanson. A wide-ranging conversation touching on a behind-the-scenes look at the writing process and the...

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"San Francisco Year Zero" with Lincoln Mitchell

San Francisco Year Zero: Political Upheaval, Punk Rock, and a Third-Place Baseball Team with Lincoln Mitchell Special Roundtable Guests: Jennifer Blowdryer and Kenneth Sherrill A wide-ranging...

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