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21K to 75K🎙 ~2x weekly·235 episodes·Last published 5d ago - Monthly Reach
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42K to 150K🇨🇿67%🇿🇦20%🇫🇷7%+1 more - Active Followers
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292 - College Sports is Looking a Lot Like 19th Century Baseball w/ John A. Fortunato
Jun 22, 2026
53m 53s
291 - Charlie Ferguson: "A Great Forgotten Star of the 19th Century" w/ Paul Hofmann
Jun 15, 2026
50m 29s
290 - Baseball's First Worst to First: the 1890 Louisville Cyclones w/ Perry T. Cooper
Jun 8, 2026
52m 35s
289 - The Battle of the Ratts: On Wander Franco, Shohei Ohtani, Avatar Ozzy, New Music and More
Jun 1, 2026
47m 53s
288 - Baseball and Busing in 1970s Boston w/ David Faflik
May 25, 2026
1h 01m 57s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/22/26 | 292 - College Sports is Looking a Lot Like 19th Century Baseball w/ John A. Fortunato | Between players jumping contracts and entangling themselves in gambling scandals; the lack of a clear, consistent enforcement authority and conference (league) realignments, one could easily confuse current state of the NCAA with the chaotic state of 19th Century baseball. This week, John A. Fortunato joins us to make sense of college sports today. Fortunato is a professor of communications and media management at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business. His research interests include... | 53m 53s | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | 291 - Charlie Ferguson: "A Great Forgotten Star of the 19th Century" w/ Paul Hofmann | Chapter 1 - Paul Hofmann, Ph.D., Associate Provost for International Affairs at the University of Louisville and Society for American Baseball Research member, joins us this week to discuss Charlie Ferguson, a forgotten 19th Century baseball star. Ferguson played four seasons in his early 20s with the Philadelphia Quakers (now, Phillies) in the National League and by 1887, Ferguson's final season, he emerged as a rising two-way star, excelling both at the plate (.337 average) and on the mound... | 50m 29s | ||||||
| 6/8/26 | 290 - Baseball's First Worst to First: the 1890 Louisville Cyclones w/ Perry T. Cooper✨ | baseballhistory+3 | Perry T. Cooper | McFarlandThe 1890 Louisville Cyclones: Major League Baseball's Original Worst-to-First Team | — | Louisville CyclonesPerry T. Cooper+3 | — | 52m 35s | |
| 6/1/26 | 289 - The Battle of the Ratts: On Wander Franco, Shohei Ohtani, Avatar Ozzy, New Music and More✨ | baseballmusic+3 | — | Tampa Bay RaysAvatar Ozzy | — | Wander FrancoShohei Ohtani+5 | — | 47m 53s | |
| 5/25/26 | 288 - Baseball and Busing in 1970s Boston w/ David Faflik✨ | baseballracial segregation+4 | David Faflik | University of Rhode IslandUniv. of Massachusetts Press+1 | Boston | baseballbusing+5 | — | 1h 01m 57s | |
| 5/18/26 | 287: An Historic 24 Innings in Boston w/ John McMurray plus Blue Dot Fever Hits the Music World✨ | baseballhistory+3 | John McMurray | Society for American Baseball ResearchThe Inside Game | BostonPhiladelphia+2 | 24 inningsBoston+6 | — | 56m 16s | |
| 5/12/26 | 286 - The Magical 1926 St. Louis Cardinals w/ Kevin J. Abing✨ | 1926 St. Louis Cardinalsbaseball history+3 | Kevin J. Abing | Baseball Magic and Mayhem in St. Louis: The 1926 Cardinals, World Series Champions | St. Louis | 1926 Cardinalsbaseball+4 | — | 52m 48s | |
| 5/4/26 | 285 - Texans in the Hall: Tris Speaker✨ | baseballsports history+3 | — | — | Hubbard, TexasHill County | Tris Speakerbaseball+4 | — | 35m 36s | |
| 4/29/26 | Talking Kansas City: Baseball, BBQ and Ballparks w/ Mike Czerniewski✨ | Kansas City baseballBBQ+4 | Mike Czerniewski | This Podcast Is ... Uncalled ForTexans in the Hall: Joe Williams, Andy Cooper and Hilton Smith w/ Thomas Kern+1 | Kansas CityKansas City | Kansas Citybaseball+5 | — | 46m 10s | |
| 4/13/26 | Musings from the Bleacher Seats: Ballparks and America's Pastime w/ Seth S. Tannenbaum (283)✨ | baseballfan experience+4 | Seth S. Tannenbaum | Manhattanville UniversityUniversity of Illinois Press+1 | — | baseballSeth S. Tannenbaum+5 | — | 47m 44s | |
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| 3/26/26 | 282 - On Baseball's First Superstar w/ Thomas W. Gilbert✨ | baseball historybiography+3 | Thomas W. Gilbert | Death in the Strike Zone: The Mystery of America's First Baseball Hero | — | baseballJames Creighton+5 | — | 42m 33s | |
| 3/16/26 | 281 - "A Most Dramatic Diamond Struggle"✨ | baseballhistory+3 | — | Philadelphia A'sCleveland Indians | ClevelandLeague Park | Connie MackPhiladelphia A's+5 | — | 48m 17s | |
| 3/9/26 | 280 - Texans in the Hall: Joe Williams, Andy Cooper and Hilton Smith w/ Thomas Kern✨ | Negro Leaguesbaseball history+3 | Thomas Kern | Society for American Baseball Research | PennsylvaniaTexas | Negro LeaguesJoe Williams+5 | — | 1h 04m 07s | |
| 2/23/26 | 279 Five future generals and 1915 Army baseball w/ Dr. Stephen V. Rice, plus Ferris Fain was a gangster✨ | Army baseballfuture generals+3 | Dr. Stephen V. Rice | The Society for American Baseball ResearchThe 1915 Army Baseball Team at West Point: Five Future Generals and an 18–3 Record | — | Army baseball1915+3 | — | 52m 10s | |
| 2/9/26 | 278 -- The one and onlys, the Grammy Awards and Rex pulls a HOF rookie card!✨ | MLB historyGrammy Awards+3 | — | — | — | MLBGrammy Awards+5 | — | 1h 00m 29s | |
| 2/1/26 | 277 - Buried by History: the 1941 Philadelphia Phillies w/ Justin Klugh✨ | baseball history1941 Philadelphia Phillies+3 | Justin Klugh | Brookline BooksBaseball Prospectus+1 | Philadelphia | Philadelphia PhilliesJustin Klugh+4 | — | 40m 21s | |
| 1/12/26 | 276 - Long Hours, Low Pay and Legendary Music w/ Rob Miller, co-founder of Bloodshot Records✨ | independent musicDIY culture+3 | Rob Miller | Bloodshot Records3 Fields Books+1 | Detroit | Bloodshot Recordsindie label+3 | — | 42m 01s | |
| 12/29/25 | 275 - Wolverines, Free Agents and the Hooks & Runs Best Albums of 2025✨ | Michigan footballbaseball news+3 | — | Hooks & RunsHooks & Runs Best Albums of 2025 | Michigan | Michigan footballbaseball news+3 | Bookshop.org | 47m 14s | |
| 12/12/25 | 274 - "I Thought I'd Given Up the Circus:" Baseball Promotions w/ Joseph Natalicchio✨ | baseball promotionsDisco Demolition Night+3 | Joseph Natalicchio | McFarlandBaseball's Most Outrageous Promotions: From Wedlock and Headlock Day to Disco Demolition Night | — | baseballpromotions+4 | — | 46m 19s | |
| 12/8/25 | 273 - Podcast News, Baseball Moves, Guns & Roses | Big news about the podcast, a look at some early baseball moves and Guns & Roses is going on tour. Errata: The Houston Astros missed the playoffs twice since 2015 - in 2016 and in 2025 - not once. Nacagdoches is a town in East Texas, home of Stephen F. Austin University. Guns & Roses' record label was Geffen, not Sony. Please consider supporting Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, including those featured in this episode (if any were), through our store at Bookshop.org. Here's... | 33m 30s | ||||||
| 11/27/25 | 272 - The Spirit of Radio w/ Dave South | Dave South was the radio voice of Texas A&M Athletics from 1985 to his retirement in 2018. He is the author of "You Saw Me on the Radio: Recollections and Favorite Calls as the Voice of Aggie Athletics" (Texas A&M Univ. Press 2019), which was released in paperback in August. "You Saw Me on the Radio" at Texas A&M Univ. Press50s and 60s Rock & Roll with Dave South at KAMUMore about Wounded Warrior ProjectPlease consider supporting Hooks & Runs by purchasing books, inc... | 51m 15s | ||||||
| 11/23/25 | 271 - Hard Caps, Soft Caps, Salary Floors and Baseball Cards | This week on the podcast - a bizarre ending to a high school football game, the soon to be expired Collective Bargaining Agreement has baseball fans scrambling to learn about salary caps, and we open another set of baseball cards. Errata: Greg Maddux finished his career with 355 wins. The pitchers named plus Warren Spahn and Kid Nichols had more. Tom Prince's "short career" lasted 17 manor league seasons, but Prince only played in 579 games. He managed in one game for the Pirates in 2019. Ste... | 40m 08s | ||||||
| 11/16/25 | 270 - "Second Base? That's My Best Position!" w/ Trenidad Hubbard | Trenidad Hubbard played 10 Major League seasons in a 19-year professional baseball career. A Chicago native, Hubbard played college ball at Southern University, was drafted by Houston in the 12th round in 1986, and climbed through the ranks to make his Major League debut in 1993 with Colorado. We had a lot of laughs looking back on his career and were inspired by Trenidad's positive attitude and grateful spirit. Trenidad's apparel company is GameFace USA. He is affiliated with the... | 49m 16s | ||||||
| 11/6/25 | 269 - Ralph Branca: Baseball's Everyman w/ Bob Mitchell | Bob Mitchell is a retired professor, award winning advertising creative and tennis teaching pro. He has published 13 books and countless essays and articles, including his most recent book, "Ralph Branca and the Meaning of Life" (McFarland Press 2025). Join us this episode as we take our time machine back to Coogan's Bluff, October 3, 1951, and the pitch that changed everything. (Branca was the Dodger pitcher that thew Giant outfielder Bobby Thomson the fateful pitch that Thomson hit into the... | 48m 53s | ||||||
| 11/1/25 | 268 - Baseball & Music w/ Bill Nowlin | Bill Nowlin was a co-founder of Rounder Records in the early 1960s and is a co-founder of Down the Road Records. He most recently co-edited "Native American Major Leaguers," (Society for American Baseball Research, 2025), with Rob Daugherty. Also this episode, MTV is closing it's music stations, Craig went to see Turnstile and our favorite records from the third quarter, 2025. Bill Nowlin: Down the Road Records https://www.downtheroadrecords.com/ "Native American Major Leaguers" at SABR... | 1h 01m 47s | ||||||
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