TWISHPOD "The Week in Sports History"

Pete Fox

We explore, elaborate and add context to historical sporting events.

  1. 09/07/2021

    TWISH POD EPISODE 22 AUG 30TH SEPT 3RD

    Ty Cobb begins and ends his career in this week, in 1906 the Philadelphia A's faced the Boston Americans playing 24 innings, both pitchers went the distance facing 87 and 89 hitters each and 1950 Gil Hodges joins the most elite club in baseball with 4 homers in a one game.

    TWISH POD EPISODE 22 AUG 30TH SEPT 3RD

  2. 08/26/2021

    TWISHPOD EPISODE 21 AUG 23-27

    AFTER A 5 WEEK HIATUS...THE STORY OF RAY CALDWELL WHO GOT HIT BY A BOLT OF LIGHTINING PICTCHING IN CLEVELAND AND FINISHED THE GAME. PHIL GRATE SETS THE WORLD RECORD THROWING A BASEBALL OVER 440 FT AND OLYMPIC SWIMMER ETHELDA BLEIBTREY BREAKS BARRIERS.

  3. 07/20/2021

    TWISHPOD EPISODE 20 JULY 5-16

    We start with the liquor review, two nice Bourbons: Basil Hayden and the Kirkland small batch. 1889 the final sanctioned bare knuckle fight goes 75 rounds, 1921 Babe Ruth becomes the all time home run leader at 137 and 1941 Joe Dimaggio's hitting streaks comes to an end.

  4. 06/30/2021

    TWISHPOD EPISODE 19 JUNE 28-JULY 2ND

    Branch Rickey the player, the first collegiate baseball game had the same score as a basketball game and adults playing with a Stretch Armstrong doll.

  5. 06/08/2021

    TWISHPOD EPISODE 18 MAY 24-JUNE 11

    After a minor unavoidable sabbatical...The Twishod is back with a triple episode where we discuss Tommy Lasorda's 15 inning complete game in 1948, multiple achievements by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and Joe Louis' crazy year in 1941.

  6. 05/21/2021

    TWISH POD EPISODE 17 May 24-28

    Major league baseball's first televised game! How Cal cured athletes foot and why Peter Jackson and Jim Corbett fought 61 rounds in 1891 WITH NO WINNER!

  7. 05/12/2021

    TWISHPOD EPISODE 16 MAY 3-14

    This week a special double sized Twishpod two weeks in one. We discuss Bob Shaw crazy night in 1963 where he n=balked 5 times, the first perfect game in baseball thrown by Cy Young and the night in 1934 the Red Sox for consecutive triples.

  8. 04/28/2021

    TWISH POD Episode 15 APR 26-30

    This Week In Sports History Lou Gehrig gets jobbed on a home by Lyn Lary. Jim Clancy doesn't touch the ball at all for 9 innings...at first base!, and Billy Martin hired by the Yankees for a 4th time.

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