“There’s never been a player who has gone to Italy and come back to make it in the majors. I’d like to be the first.” Did he do it? 

This catcher, known best for his record-breaking hitting streak, hustled to make it 20 years in the majors. Plus, Al Pacino as an English instructor?   

Player's family recommendation episode! Plus, find out which town in New England you're pronouncing incorrectly (SPOILER ALERT: It's all of them.) 

1 Cy Young, 0 Grammys. But Black Jack showed everyone on Chicago's south side that grunge music and baseball do mix. 

It's like that one Gwyneth Paltrow movie, but instead of Gwyneth on a train platform, it's the Cubs GM on Draft Day 1988. 

Thank you to guest Beau from the One Million Cubs Project! Send him your Cubs cards! 

In this episode of the 1988 Topps Literary Magazine, our hosts encounter a submarine-throwing poet who had control of every pitch—and every word.

Historian Clayton Trutor introduces us to “the least imposing future Hall of Famer in the history of baseball cards.”

Is there a German word for an athlete who has won a championship, but is better known for a moment of epic failure? Find out! 

What to buy for the pitcher in your life who already has it all, including a World Series ring? A king's crown? Scuba gear? Or a cherry red 1988 Pontiac Firebird?

He is a winner, watch him glimmer