BALLGAME

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Every issue of BALLGAME — Baseball Past and Present, the monthly magazine from Baseball Nation Network — becomes a full audio program. Host Dean Patino takes the new issue and turns it into a 20 to 30 minute listen: the features, the arguments, the history, the numbers and the people, re-told for the ear with the stories set up, the hooks laid out, and the reasons they matter said plainly. Nothing is invented. Every fact, name, season and figure comes straight out of the issue you can read for yourself, free, in the BNN Reading Room. A new issue lands on the first of every month, and the audio edition drops with it. Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era.

Episodes

  1. 6d ago

    September 2026 — Fred Merkle and the Pennant That Had to Be Played Over

    The complete audio edition of BALLGAME — Baseball Past and Present, September 2026, hosted by Dean Patino. A routine shortcut by nineteen-year-old Fred Merkle became one of baseball’s most enduring controversies, erasing a winning run in 1908 and forcing the pennant to be replayed. We revisit that fateful afternoon, Johnny Evers’s alert appeal, and the lifelong burden placed on Merkle. The episode also examines Tampa Bay’s surprising lead despite New York’s superior run differential, Yordan Alvarez’s remarkable offensive season, and which September statistics deserve our trust. Plus, we relive Brooklyn’s 1951 collapse and Bobby Thomson’s famous home run, consider what vanished with the old September roster expansion, remember Roger Maris’s difficult pursuit of 61, and ask whether a fourteen-team postseason would drain September of its meaning. Read the full issue free in the BNN Reading Room at baseballclassics.com/baseballnationnetwork/library. A new issue arrives on the first of every month. Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network

  2. Aug 1

    August 2026 — The Impossible Dream’s Unbearable Final Day

    The complete audio edition of BALLGAME — Baseball Past and Present, August 2026, hosted by Dean Patino. The 1967 American League pennant race takes center stage as Boston, Detroit, Minnesota and Chicago carry an unforgettable summer to its final weekend—and the Red Sox wait beside a transistor radio for their fate. We also examine how the Mets landed Juan Soto yet fell far out of contention, and how Jacob Misiorowski helped small-market Milwaukee build baseball’s best record. Along the way, we revisit Jim Bouton’s groundbreaking Ball Four, trace baseball’s painfully slow adoption of facial protection, celebrate Roberto Clemente, and explore remarkable records and August oddities. The episode closes with a look at baseball’s changing postseason and rules, the limits of statistics, and the labor debate over proposed free-agent signing windows. Read the full issue free in the BNN Reading Room at baseballclassics.com/baseballnationnetwork/library. A new issue arrives on the first of every month. Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network

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Every issue of BALLGAME — Baseball Past and Present, the monthly magazine from Baseball Nation Network — becomes a full audio program. Host Dean Patino takes the new issue and turns it into a 20 to 30 minute listen: the features, the arguments, the history, the numbers and the people, re-told for the ear with the stories set up, the hooks laid out, and the reasons they matter said plainly. Nothing is invented. Every fact, name, season and figure comes straight out of the issue you can read for yourself, free, in the BNN Reading Room. A new issue lands on the first of every month, and the audio edition drops with it. Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era.

Information

  • Creator
    Baseball Nation Network
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Baseball Nation Network
  • Show Website
    BALLGAME