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Noted social scientist Harris Cooper took a job as a Seating Bowl Host for the most famous minor league baseball team, the Durham Bulls. As a host, he helped fans find seats and other stadium amenities, made sure everyone was safe, took pictures, and chased kids from the aisles. He got to talk with a wide-ranging assortment of people, from regular attendees to those at their very first baseball game, from retired judges to middle school students.

With its three-hour-long contests, 162-game seasons, and countless measurable variables, baseball is a sport which lends itself to self-reflection and obsessive analysis. It's a thinking game. It's also a shifting game. Nowhere is this more evident than in the statistical revolution which has swept through the pastime in recent years, bringing metrics like WAR, OPS, and BABIP into front offices and living rooms alike.

Baseball Dads is a heartwarming collection of notable major-league players’ favorite baseball-related memories about how their relationships with their fathers shaped them, not only as players, but as the men they are today. From superstars like David Wright, Josh Hamilton, C. C. Sabathia, Adrian Gonzalez, Chipper Jones, and Kevin Youkilis, to journeyman big leaguers like Adam LaRoche, J. D. Drew, Shelley Duncan, Barry Zito, and Jeff Francoeur, this inspiring book reveals, through its 15 vivid profiles, the profound impact fathers can have.

This best-selling, highly-acclaimed account is a hilarious but scathing baseball tell-all. After being voted the 1977 American League Cy Young Award winner, Sparky Lyle was rewarded for his efforts by being benched. The Yankees, a leader of free agency, signed Goose Gossage as their closer. Things only went downhill from there and the 1978 season turned out to be one of controversy, firings, fights, and acrimony. In short, it was a zoo.

Every card has a story to tell. In this 700+ episode series, Matt Kuzma and David McEllis discuss a different 1988 Topps baseball card every week. Send your questions and suggestions to 1988ToppsPodcast@gmail.com.

The Athletic's flagship baseball podcast features some of the best writers and thinkers in the game. With rumors, analytics, trivia, prospects, rankings and big name interviews, we've got you covered from Spring Training through the World Series. MONDAY: Starkville with Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville | WEDNESDAY: The Roundtable with Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and friends Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Red Sox Nation is the finest, most comprehensive history of this storied franchise, told from the point of view of the people who lived it. From every disappointment to each triumph, culminating with the 2004 World Championship, Red Sox Nation takes you into the dugout and onto the field to relive each moment.

What if Babe Ruth had not been sold to the Yankees in 1920 and instead played his entire career in Boston? What if Muhammad Ali had lost or quit in his first fight against Sonny Liston? What if the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants had never moved to the West Coast? What if Vince Lombardi had become head coach of his hometown Giants instead of heading to Green Bay? How would sports history, and our perception of it, be different today?

Información, análisis y comentarios de la actualidad del béisbol en MLB y el CaribeEste podcast es una extesión de Entorno Deportivo / www.entornodeportivo.netProducción y locución: Guillermo Avila GonzálezLocutor Profesional / Comunicador Deportivo

A retired teacher librarian joins forces with a funeral director/embalmer to produce classic baseball games, creating vintage broadcasts featuring legendary teams from yesteryear. What happens when Sandy Koufax stares down Lou Gehrig? Will Jackie Robinson be able to steal second off Johnny Bench? Who comes out on top when the '54 Giants square off against the '69 Mets? To find out, sit back and enjoy. Now, let's play ball!

Here is a wonderful collection of 20 revealing essays on the national pastime. Featuring contributions from Roger Angell, John Thorn, Frank Deford, George Plimpton, Stefan Fatsis, and others (plus a foreword by the legendary Yogi Berra), the stories are united by the authors’ fervent love of the game.

What's up!—I’m Carter (@carterbees), a lifelong, die-hard Dodger fan who grew up under the SoCal sun, raised on Vin Scully calls and late-night box scores. Now living in Utah (reppin’ the 801), I’m still bleeding Dodger blue every single season. On 801 Dodger, I break down the latest games, preview upcoming series, dig into player stats and trade rumors, and share why this team means so much to me—and to fans everywhere. Whether you’re in LA, the 801, or anywhere in between, if you live and breathe Dodger baseball, you’re in the right place. It’s time for 801 Dodger Baseball!

The Deadball Era (1901-1920) is a baseball fan's dream. Hope and despair, innocence and cynicism, and levity and hostility blended then to create an air of excitement, anticipation, and concern for all who entered the confines of a major league ballpark. Cheating for the sake of victory earned respect, corrupt ballplayers fixed games with impunity, and violence plagued the sport. At the same time, endearing practices infused baseball with lightheartedness, kindness, and laughter. 

You probably love a box score. So do we. A box score tells you what happened. It tells you the score, the hits, the pitchers, the runs. But it doesn't tell you what it sounded like. It doesn't give you the crowd noise, the announcer's voice, the electricity of a close game in the ninth inning. That's what The Lost Broadcasts is for. Every episode is a real baseball game — drawn directly from Retrosheet's authentic historical play-by-play records. Every out happened exactly as described. Every hit was real. Every pitcher change was documented. We haven't invented a single moment. What we've ...

Historian John Ferling delves into baseball in the fascinating dozen years following World War II, when baseball ruled as the national pastime, and the names of the game's principal stars were known even by those who weren't fans of the sport. Major league baseball integration in 1947 also...

Raus aus der sportlichen Nische, rein in die Kultur – das ist „Base on Balls“, der Podcast von Innings. Baseball ist in Deutschland mehr als ein unterschätzter Sport. Es ist ein globales Kulturphänomen – sichtbar auf den Straßen, in Musikvideos, auf Runways und in Communities. Doch während Caps und Jerseys längst Teil des Alltags sind, bleiben die Geschichten dahinter oft unsichtbar. Baseball wirkt wie ein Code, den viele tragen, aber nur wenige wirklich lesen können. „Base on Balls“ macht diesen Code zugänglich. Fußballprofi & Baseball-Experte Julian Pollersbeck und Niko ...

Discover the remarkable life of Roberto Clemente—one of the most accomplished—and beloved—baseball heroes of his generation from Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss. On New Year’s Eve 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero’s...

By the award-winning author of Team of Rivals and The Bully Pulpit, Wait Till Next Year is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s touching memoir of growing up in love with her family and baseball. Set in the suburbs of New York in the 1950s, Wait Till Next Year re-creates the postwar era, when the corner...

The Commercial Dispatch sports staff — MSU beat writer Benjamin Rosenberg, Preps Sports writer Colin Damms and Sports Editor Philip Poe — provides insights and commentary on the latest news in Mississippi State athletics.

Troy Soos' sparkling Mickey Rawlings Baseball mysteries pack early 1900's baseball lore and colorful period details into baffling whodunits. Hunting a Detroit Tiger vividly brings to life the turbulent post-World War I days when the nation partied with bootleg liquor and labor unrest swept the nation with violence.