Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)

All hail the Dodgers as the World Champions add Trevor Bauer in their quest to repeat. Ed Kasputis interviews Matt Moreno from dodgerblue.com as we all “Think Blue.”

Ed Kasputis interviews Boston author, Bill Nowlin about Red Sox great, Ted Williams.

March has arrived and Spring Training has begun. We talk about COVID and the Cactus League as Ed Kasputis interviews Mr. Sports Travel aka Joe Connor.

From Tokyo, Ed Kasputis interviews Marty Kuehnert, Senior Advisor to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles about his 40+ year career as an American baseball executive in Japan.

Florida Spring Training has begun as we remember the late and great Hank Aaron and Rush Limbaugh. Ed Kasputis interviews Nick Gandy from the Florida Sports Foundation and we marvel at the 14 year contract of Fernando Tatis Jr.

What a difference a twelve years makes!  Our PhD Committee remembers their first year as they prepare to launch Season 12.  This podcast concludes with a replay of our first podcast – Meet Your PhD Committee which was released on February 20, 2010.

Does a domestic travel ban make sense? Did the White House ponder such a ban? Is such a ban constitutional and how would it affect Spring Training? We also ponder and debate.

Ed Kasputis interviews Padres fan and Pastor, James D. Smith III about the importance of hobbies.  Jim shares words of wisdom that were inspired by his lovely wife, Linda many years ago.

COVID-19 cases are going down and Spring Training is scheduled to open on February 19. We celebrate as we review this week’s trades & free agent signings.

Ed Kasputis interviews Joanna Arietta about Atlanta’s famous, Margaret Mitchell.