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The Bedford & Sullivan podcast has entered its 40's, kicking them off with quite the namesake. Today we welcome Gil Hodges, Jr. to the program to discuss his father, the Hodges legacy, and growing up in Brooklyn. So, join us at 10AM ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast has hit its 40th episode! And a fantastic 40th episode it is! Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Carl Erskine, a regular in these here parts, calls in once more to discuss some of his teammates, from Gil Hodges to Junior Gilliam. So, join us at 10:30AM ET for the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast!

The New York Giant-themed weekend continues with the 39th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! Today, Moe Resner, who has told his stories on the podcast before, will join us to discuss catching on film the last game the Giants played in the Polo Grounds as a New York team, a film he calls, "An End of an Era." He will also discuss growing up in the Bronx as a Cubs fan. So, join...

Truckin' forward on this Saturday Morning is the 38th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast. John McLaughlin has stated to me that him and I "are in the same ballpark but different dugouts" when it comes to our individual baseball writing projects. He is working on a book about the Giants' departure from New York, a topic that has gotten less fanfare over the years than...

We are settling into the New Year with the first 2014 edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast, and we're keeping it in the family. My mother's sister Barbara and Stan, her husband of 43 years, both grew up in Brooklyn and have their own unique perspective of the time we are focusing on in the development of the TV series. My aunt Barbara will discuss everything from heading out to...

The last couple holidays in the season are almost here, and Bedford & Sullivan certainly wishes you and your loved ones the very best Christmas and New Year. Thank you for listening and making this one so special. Today on what will most likely be our last episode of the year, Author Andy Mele will discuss all things Brooklyn Dodgers. Whether its walking to the games from his neighborhood of K...

We truck on with the Bedford & Sullivan research process as the winter season grows thicker around us. Former Associate Press Writer Hal Bock had a long and illustrious career covering all and everything he could possibly cover in sports, whether that was World Series ballgames or Olympics overseas. When he was a kid, he would first turn to the sports pages in the daily paper, always looking f...

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast marches on with the 34th episode of the year! Today, we continue the research process with LIU Brooklyn Professor Joe Dorinson, a guest returning from our 7th episode of the year. Today, we will shift a bit away from baseball to discuss the social, political and cultural elements of the late-1930's. So, join us at 10:30AM ET for the latest edition of the Bed...

After a brief hiatus, the Bedford & Sullivan podcast picks back up the research process with its 33rd episode! The founder of the NY Giants Preservation Society, Gary Mintz, joins to discuss how the Society got started, some of the highlights so far for the group since its inception, and stories Gary's late father told him regarding the Upper Manhattan ballclub. So, join us at 6:30PM ET f...

Though it is a cliche to say, the year has gone flying by. We've reached the tailend of November, and for Bedford & Sullivan's last podcast of the month, we bring on a regular of the program, Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger. On this episode, Ron and I will dive into where some of the streets of Brooklyn get their names from. Whether it's Heap Street in Williamsburg or t...

We're truckin' on with the Bedford & Sullivan research process as we settle into our 30's with our 31st episode! The Logan family has a long history helping to run the clubhouses of New York Major League Baseball teams. Ed Logan, Jr.'s grandfather was the first Yankee clubhouse manager, and his father, Ed Logan, followed that path and eventually became the Giants clubhouse...

We have turned 30 here at the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast, much in the thick of the Brooklyn Dodgers TV Series research process! And today, we have a very special guest whose vast knowledge of America's Game will certainly help the process along. John Thorn has been the official baseball historian for Major League Baseball since March 1, 2011. On this episode, we will discuss his baseball...

The research process continues with the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! Dodgers Team Historian and Publications Editor Mark Langill returns to the show, helping to take us on a journey back to the Dodgers of the 1940's! First off, however, we'll wrap up the 2013 Modern Dodgers season, which ended in disappointment but culminated the other day with Clayton Kershaw&ap...

The research process marches on with the 28th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast! Rick Elliott, family friend of the late great Dodgers pitcher Clem Labine, joins us once more to talk about Clem's relationship with Jackie Robinson, how the pitcher dealt with bigotry thrown his black teammates' ways, and Clem's deepest regret in his friendship with Jackie. We will also dis...

The research process continues with 27th episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger, who joined us on the inaugural episode, calls in this evening to discuss how the demographics of Brooklyn have changed over the years, from Clinton Hill to Canarsie and Bensonhurst to Bedford-Stuyvesant...from Flatbush to the Flatlands and from Sunset Park to Sheepshead...

The research process continues with a special Halloween episode of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! Speaking of the holiday, Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Duke Snider once said he hated Halloween because their rival, the New York Giants, shared the colors of black and orange with October 31. And so, it is fitting that today we have a man on the show so connected to the Baseball Giants franchise....

The research process continues with the 25th installment of the Bedford & Sullivan Podcast! I realized recently I was sorely lacking on my research of not only the Negro Leagues in Brooklyn, but Black American history in Brooklyn overall. Producer Brian Winett has been working on developing a TV Series regarding the Negro Leagues, and though his project is not at all Brooklyn-centric, he has g...

It is a special weekend edition of the Bedford & Sullivan research process, as we welcome back retired SF State Lecturer Svein Arber to the program. Svein, along with co-writer Ford Hovis, wrote a novel in the 1970's under the pen name "Damon Rice" titled "Seasons Past." The book details the lives of three generations of the Rice family as they make their way through N...

The stories pouring into the Bedford & Sullivan podcast have been fantastic, and today will be no exception. The late great Clem Labine, a pitcher on those Boys of Summer teams, was a Woonsocket, RI, native. At the age of 16 he went to work at Jacob Finklestein & Sons, a garment company owned by Rick Elliott's father, Elliott Finklestein, that eventually became the 7th largest outwear...

The Brooklyn Dodgers TV Series' research process continues with the latest edition of the Bedford & Sullivan podcast! It was clear there was much more to talk about when Carl Erskine and I last left off discussing the 1955 World Series Championship, the only World Series the Dodgers won in Brooklyn. Oisk calls in once more to continue giving us his fantastic insight regarding Dem Bums. So...

Larry King is still a very busy man after all these years, and I (Sam Maxwell) advise you all to keep up with his show on ora.tv/larrykingnow. They are taping a bunch today, and they tried to accommodate me to the best of their abilities. I went on and on for most of the show about Dodger/Cardinal rivalry history, as well as talking some playoff baseball with the NL and AL Championship series read...

It's the 58th Anniversary of the only Brooklyn Dodgers Championship! And here, on the Bedford & Sullivan podcast, we are lucky enough to have a member of that squad calling in to the show. The one and only Carl Erskine, aka "Oisk," will chime in on what the 1955 season was like for him and his Brooklyn Dodgers teammates. So, tune in at 9:30AM ET for the latest edition of the Bed...

The research process continues with the 19th Bedford & Sullivan Podcast! Lee Lowenfish, who literally wrote the book on Branch Rickey, calls in to discuss Branch's transition from the Cardinals to Brooklyn, his relationship with Walter O'Malley and how it helped lead to his exit, and his last public appearance being inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. So, tune in at 10:30...

The Bedford & Sullivan podcast heads back up to Coogan's Bluff to continue our discussion of the Dodgers' rival, the New York Baseball Giants. Richie McCabe was the luckiest kid in the world when he got the job as visitor's bat boy for the Manhattan team at the tailend of 1953. He held the job through '55, and has plenty to discuss regarding the dream job. So, join us at 6:...

The Bedford & Sullivan Podcast is back with Dodgers Team Historian Mark Langill once more! We'll open up with some modern Dodgers talk with the current incarnation having just recently clinched a National League Western Division title. Then, we'll keep the late 30's and early 40's conversation going, talking about Leo Durocher, Walter O'Malley, and the McKeever/Mulvey...