99 episodes
Baseball by the Book Justin McGuire
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5.0 • 22 Ratings
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A veteran baseball journalist interviews today's best baseball authors about their books.
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Episode 335: "Baseball: The Turbulent Midcentury Years"
Author Steve Gietschier joins us to discuss his new book chronicling baseball history from the 1930s to the 1950s. We discuss how MLB survived the Depression, the rise of the radio, World War II, the end of the color barrier and arrival of big league baseball in California.
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Episode 334: "Why We Love Baseball"
Award-winning author Joe Posnanski returns to the podcast to talk about 50 moments (and more) that tell the story of baseball history and why the sport means so much to so many.
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Episode 333: "The One Hundred Most Important Players in Baseball History"
Nobody doubts Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente are among the most important baseball players ever. But Dorothy Kamanshek? Dolf Luque? Masanori Murakami?
Author Lincoln Mitchell joins us to discuss how his selection of important baseball players differs from other such lists — and why so many Giants make the cut. -
Episode 332: "Tales from the Dugout"
Tim Hagety, broadcaster for the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas, takes us on a journey through 1,001 of the zaniest moments in minor league baseball history. Along the way, we'll meet wild bulls, sprinting weiner dogs, greased pigs and pitchers locked in bathrooms.
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Episode 331: "Suds Series"
Rickey Henderson stole 130 bases. Cal Ripken Jr.'s legendary streak began, although no one knew it at the time. The Big Red Machine broke down as the Cincinnati Reds hit rock bottom while Steve Garvey and Tommy Lasorda found themselves immersed in controversy. And George Steinbrenner fired his manager — twice. At the end of it all, Whitey Herzog's speedy St. Louis Cardinals took on Harvey Keuenn's hard-hitting Milwaukee Brewers in a classic World Series.
J. Daniel joins us to discuss the memorable 1982 baseball season. -
Episode 330: "Welcome to the Circus of Baseball"
Ryan McGee spent the summer of 1994 working as a $100-a-week intern for the Class-A Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League. Three decades later, McGee —now a senior writer for ESPN — has written a memoir about his misadentures in the low minor leagues. He tells us why he loves Asheville's historic McCormick Field, recounts how he witnessed a comical on-field brawl and explains how he knows what it was like to kiss Elvis.
Customer Reviews
Best hour of the week
I listen to this podcast in the U.K, I love baseball and books so what better podcast to listen to !! Justin has some great guests and his knowledge for the game never fails to astound me. Great podcast keep it up and as I said this is the best hour of my working week listening to the show
Awesome podcast!
Hands down one of the best podcasts out there.
Justin is knowledgeable and passionate about baseball and this comes through when he is talking to his guests. Having said this one of the best aspects of the podcast is that he also lets the guests have their voice. He doesn’t talk over them or try and takeover with his own knowledge or opinion. He allows them to come on to the show and present their book and also interestingly the events that led to them writing it.
I have discovered so many books that I have read and also want to read as a result of the show. I have also gained an understanding of why the author wrote the book in a particular way or how they were trying to tell the story.
engrossing and entertaining
Not found one yet which was not really interesting. Only one author per podcast and at least 30 minutes; so plenty of time to get into, and around, the subject. The subjects are so varied and cover history, society, and drift off into all sorts of directions. No sense of working to a script or getting in as many plugs for a new book, just chat between 2 people obviously wrapped up in and on top of their subject.