Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)

On September 18, 2010, Ed Kasputis got his Baseball PhD by visiting his 30th Major League Ballpark –  Target Field . Our PhD Committee examines Ed about his 40 year journey though the baseball world and life.

Oh how the mighty have fallen. The Braves play in 2025 has been unrecognizable. Ed Kasputis interviews Atlanta baseball blogger, Bennett Hipp about the team he loves.

Ed Kasputis interviews  Padres  fan and Pastor,  James D. Smith III  about the importance of hobbies.  Jim shares words of wisdom that were inspired by his lovely wife, Linda many years ago.

The Royals had a terrible June. July cannot be any worse as Ed interviews Max Rieper , managing editor from royalsreview.com . Did you know that there are two Kansas Cities ?

Over 200 years ago, Francis Scott Key penned the words for our National Anthem as he watched the Battle of Baltimore from a British Navy ship.  Ed Kasputis interviews author, Marc Leepson about his newly completed biography, What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life .

Everybody's hurt and the Astros are in first place. How? Ed Kasputis interviews William Metzger from crawfishboxes.com about this tremendous feat.

Ed Kasputis interviews Cleveland Plain Dealer sports columnist Terry Pluto about Earl Weaver .

What is the identity of the Rangers ? Are they bad or are they good? We debate as Ed Kasputis interviews West Jones from justbaseball.com .

Ed Kasputis interviews Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor about beautiful Oriole Park at Camden Yards .

Ed's back from St. Louis where he enjoyed watching the Cardinals and exploring Ballpark Village as he interviews Heather Simon from vivaelbirdos.com about this year's team.

Ed interviews Al Lautenslager , author of the just released book, Cincinnati Soul – An In-Depth Review of the Cincinnati Tigers, the Cincinnati Cuban Stars, and Other Negro League Baseball in Cincinnati.

Will Chase Field get renovated? Will the Dbacks get back to their World Series form? Ed Kasputis interviews Jim McLennan from azsnakepit.com to get the scoop.

In 2016, as the Cubs prepared for the National League Championship Series, our PhD Committee remembered baseball's greatest ambassador and Hall of Fame great, Ernie Banks who passed away on January 23, 2015.  Let's play two.

Last week, Ed headed to Sacramento with our 2024 Public Servant of the Year, the Honorable Louis Schiff to see the Athletics at Sutter Health Park . Ed and Lou report back on their road trip and impressions of Sacramento .

Let's learn about Carl Mays who pitched for the Yankees in the 1920's and artist Gary Cieradkowski who creates beautiful baseball art a century later.

Happy Memorial Day. The Blue Jays are hoovering around .500 and waiting to get hot. When will that happen? Ed Kasputis interviews Tom Dakers from bluebirdbanter.com about the Jays, Alberta succession and his love for government run health care. O Canada .

May 17, 1979.   Ten Innings at Wrigley is Kevin Cook 's vivid account of a game that could only have happened at this ballpark, in this era, with this colorful cast of heroes and heels.  Ed Kasputis interviews Kevin about his riveting book.

Right now, the Tigers are the best team in baseball. Can they keep it up? We debate the Tigers and whether Pete Rose should be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ed Kasputis interviews author and national baseball writer at the Washington Post , Barry Svrluga about his newly released book, The Grind: Inside Baseball's Endless Season .

So far the Giants are playing like a great girlfriend, exceeding expectations. Ed Kasputis interviews Connor Grossman from GiantsPostcards.com about their surprising start.

Let's remember Baseball Talk Radio' s first live podcast with Rich Baxter, Gary Mack and Ed Kasputis as we prepared for Game 6 of the 2016 National League Championship Series.  Will it be the Dodgers or the Cubs headed to Cleveland for the 112th edition of the Fall Classic?

Are you Nuts about the Nats? The rebuild continues as they sit in 4th place in the NL East. Ed Kasputis interviews Sam Sallick from federalbaseball.com about the team he loves.

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 .

Can the Yankees repeat as American League Champions? We debate as we interview baseball authors, Louis Schiff and Paul Semendinger .

How many baseball cards did you collect? Do you still have them? Our PhD Committee remembers as Ed Kasputis interviews Tanner Jones about his book, Confessions of a Baseball Card Addict .