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- Fernandomania — Thursday, October 15, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: FernandomaniaA 20-year-old rookie changed Los Angeles baseball.What was never settled: Why did that summer resonate far beyond the box score?Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network16 min
- Steve Dalkowski: The Hardest Thrower Nobody Timed — Thursday, October 8, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: Steve Dalkowski: The Hardest Thrower Nobody TimedA minor league fastball that became legend.What was never settled: How fast was he really, with no radar guns?Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network15 min
- Harvey Haddix and the Perfect Game That Was Not — Thursday, October 1, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: Harvey Haddix and the Perfect Game That Was NotTwelve perfect innings and a loss.What was never settled: Should the record book still count it?Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network15 min
- The Merkle Boner — Thursday, September 24, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: The Merkle BonerA baserunning decision in 1908 helped decide a pennant.What was never settled: Was the rule enforced consistently before that day?Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network16 min
- The Pittsburgh Drug Trials — Thursday, September 17, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: The Pittsburgh Drug TrialsA 1985 courtroom in Pittsburgh pulled back the curtain on cocaine in baseball.What was never settled: Did the penalties change the culture or just the headlines?Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network17 min
- Eddie Gaedel: The 3-Foot-7 Pinch Hitter — Thursday, September 10, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: Eddie Gaedel: The 3-Foot-7 Pinch HitterBill Veeck sent a 3-foot-7 man to bat for the St. Louis Browns in 1951.What was never settled: Was the stunt legal under the rules as written at the time?Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network15 min
- The Pine Tar Game — Thursday, September 3, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: The Pine Tar GameA home run that was hit, then unhit, then hit again — weeks later.What was never settled: Whether the rule was ever meant to be applied that way, and who tipped off the Yankees, is still part of the folklore.Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network16 min
- Dock Ellis and Baseball's Strangest No-Hitter — Wednesday, September 2, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: Dock Ellis and Baseball's Strangest No-HitterA no-hitter thrown by a pitcher who later said he had no business being on a mound that day.What was never settled: How much of his own account is literal and how much is legend has been questioned by teammates and biographers alike.Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network16 min
- Disco Demolition Night — Tuesday, September 1, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: Disco Demolition NightA crate of records, a doubleheader, and a field nobody could play on.What was never settled: How much of the night was a music-culture backlash versus a promotion that simply outgrew its planning is still contested.Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network16 min
- Ten Cent Beer Night — Monday, August 31, 2026Tonight on Baseball After Dark: Ten Cent Beer NightA promotion, a crowd, and a forfeit. One of the strangest nights ever staged in a major league ballpark.What was never settled: How the promotion cleared approval, and how close it came to something far worse, is still debated by people who were there.Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. The stories are real, and where the record is unresolved we say so.Everything Baseball. Every Day. Every Era. — Baseball Nation Network16 min
About Baseball After Dark
From the publisher's feed
Baseball's strangest stories come out after dark.
This is where Baseball Nation Network explores the side of Major League Baseball that doesn't fit neatly into standings and box scores: murder mysteries, unexplained deaths, disappearances, scandals, curses, bizarre games, notorious characters, forgotten stars, clubhouse secrets, incredible coincidences, tragedies, controversies, and stories so strange they almost don't sound real.
Less a conventional sports podcast, more baseball plus true crime plus campfire storytelling. The mysterious death of Ed Delahanty. Ray Chapman and baseball's fatal pitch. Ten Cent Beer Night. Disco Demolition. Dock Ellis. The Black Sox. The Curse of the Billy Goat. The players who lived double lives.
Host Vin Marlowe tells one story a night — slowly, carefully, and without ever solving what history left unsolved. Everything you hear is documented, and where the record is disputed, the show says so out loud.
Vin Marlowe is a fictional broadcaster created, written, and voiced by Baseball Nation Network. He is not a real person and is never presented as such. The stories are real.
New stories every Thursday at 4 AM ET. The lights are off. The crowd has gone home.