Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)

The Cubs are up and the Cubs are down, currently in third place. Ed Kasputis interviews Al Yellon about this year's Cubs and his new book, The Incredible Chicago Cubs Trivia Book .

Manager Alex Cora has been fired and the Red Sox remain in last place. We celebrate the band, Boston as Ed Kasputis interviews Kurt Smith from ballparkeguides.com about beautiful Fenway Park .

The Pope loves the White Sox (and everyone else) but can the White Sox turn things around? Ed Kasputis interviews Kurt Smith from ballparkeguides.com about Rate Field.

The O's are hovering around .500 with Oriole Park looking great after Phase I of its renovation. Ed Kasputis interviews Paul Valle III , the host for the Bat Around for Press Box Sports about all things Orioles.

Ed Kasputis interviews award winning humorist and author, Hart Seely from his battle pod about his book, The JuJu Rul es.

Lets get ready for the Padres and Diamondbacks to head to Mexico City for their two game series. Ed Kasputis interviews the one and only Mojdeh from Journeys Beyond the Surface about all things to do in Mexico City.

In 2012, our PhD Committee went to the final game of the World Series to be a Witness to a Sweep.  First Farley pays a bet then Ed, Farley & Dave play baseball at Tiger Stadium and meet Joe Michnuk from the Navin Field Grounds Crew .  Then it's time to head to Comerica Park to sit in the rain and watch the last game of a great year.  Congratulations Giants and Tigers – wait 'til next year.

The Astros are fighting injuries as they lead the league in hitting and are last in pitching. Can they recover? We debate .

Ed Kasputis and Farley Dillinger interview Dave Matejczyk about his experience as a volunteer at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy.

No National League team has won three World Series in a row. Could it be the Dodgers? Ed Kasputis interviews Matt Moreno from dodgerblue.com about this year's Dodgers.

Ed Kasputis interviews Kurt Smith from ballparkeguides.com about all things Toronto and Rogers Centre.

The Jays were one hit away from winning the 2025 World Series. Can they repeat as American League Champs and return to the Fall Classic? We celebrate Opening Day and make our 2026 Playoff predictions.

Ed Kasputis  interviews  Dan Austin  about his book ,  Baseball's Last Great Scout: The Life of Hugh Alexander.

A great tournament has concluded. Congratulations to Team Venezuela. Ed Kasputis interviews the Honorable Louis Schiff about the 2026 World Baseball Classic .

Ed Kasputis interviews Latino baseball historian, Anthony Salazar about Jaime Jarrin , the Spanish voice of the Dodgers since 1959 .

We celebrate our 800th episode as Ed reports back from the World Baseball Classic in Miami as he and Farley remember our first 800 episodes. The podcast concludes as Ed interviews Jared Diamond from The Wall Street Journal about his recent articles about baseball.

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 funera l. That summer, as the pennant races were heating up, the assassination of Robert Kennedy...

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.

Our PhD Committee explores those players that had longish careers.

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 .

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.

Let's get ready for the World Baseball Classic as games are about to begin in Houston, Miami, San Juan and Tokyo.

Ed Kasputis interviews author, Chris Williams about his new book, Stealing First and Other Old-Time Baseball Stories .

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 .

Ed Kasputis interviews Colin Cerniglia , the founder and CEO of the Talent 409 Leadership Academy about his new book, Culture of Excellence .