1973 was a watershed year for Major League Baseball- especially in the American League. This episode, Indy and Berns dive into the Cy Young voting that year, and what was so different about just 1973, and how it came to be.

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This is part two of two episodes about those heroes who, at the end of a baseball season at some point in their careers, had a higher career batting average than Ty Cobb finished his career with. Also, George Sisler's eyesight issues, schedules in the 1890s, and the worst single pitching performance ever.

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Because of the events in our lives this summer, we have changed our podcasting schedule a bit.

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There are a bunch of players in major league history who, at the end of a season at some point in their careers, had higher career batting averages than the great Ty Cobb finished his with. Also- the end of Benny Kauff, the Louisville Eclipse, and the Louisville Slugger.

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Today we look at those pitchers in baseball history who've had a season where 25% or more of their starts were shutouts. Also, the double no hit game and Germany Schaefer's called shot.

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This week we continue our breaking the color barrier trilogy and look at the other four African-Americans who debuted in the National and American Leagues in 1947 besides Jackie Robinson.

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Last week I rambled for so long about the establishment of the color barrier in the 1880s that I didn't even get to Jackie Robinson Breaking it. Well, that's what you get this week, but you also get a side track about Big Bill Bevens and the 1947 World Series, and even one about Lippy Leo.

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The color barrier in baseball was broken by Jackie Robinson in 1947, but how did it come to be in the first place? Were there black players in the Major Leagues way back before it began, and who were they? That's what we'll look at today. Also, Armando Marsans and a curious side note.

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