This podcast features baseball sportscaster great, Ernie Harwell.  Our PhD Committee first reviews Major League Baseball’s playoff expansion idea of adding an additional wild card team in each league and then shifts into analyzing who is listening to our podcasts.  Then it’s time for Harwell.  Hear Harwell’s moving 1955 poem – The Definition of Baseball, then hear Harwell’s account of baseball’s Shot Heard ‘Round the […]

Greatest Baseball Sportscaster of All Time Our PhD Committee honors Vin Scully as the greatest baseball sportscaster of all time.  We also remember Seattle’s Hall of Fame baseball sportscaster, Dave Niehaus who passed away on November 10, 2010.  Ed, Farley and Mark then explore the life of Scully and listen to some of his greatest clips.  Ed then interviews Dodger faithful and English Professor, Frank Ardolino about Scully.

The Catcher Who Was a Spy This week we honor the man who inspired the creation of Baseball PhD – Moe Berg (1902 – 1972).  Moe Berg got his PhD in life – through baseball.  Berg spoke 12 languages travelled the world, played in the major leagues and served as America’s foremost atomic spy during World War II.  Berg knew […]

Will there be fans in the stands in April? We celebrate MLB’s first female general manager as the Marlins hire Kim Ng and we interview Jeff Cohen from Baseball and BBQ podcast on whether it makes sense for the Mets to trade for Francisco Lindor.

Our PhD Committee examines and celebrates the comedians who love baseball through their unforgettable skits.

Ed Kasputis interviews author, Kelly G. Park about his new book, Just Like Me: When the Pros Played on the Sandlot which is the first book to tell the story of professional baseball players’ memories of playing youth baseball.

Four years ago as America prepared for the start of the 2016 Presidential Primary Season, our PhD Committee explored Presidents & Baseball and paid homage to Jonathan the Tortoise, who is older than the game of baseball.

We celebrate the end of an unforgettable season as the Los Angeles Dodgers are the baseball champions of the world. Our PhD Committee further ponders if a nuclear winter is coming to MLB free agency.

What was the greatest World Series?  Ed Kasputis learns as he interviews author, Tim Wendel about his new book, Down to the Last Pitch.

Ed & Farley interview Dave Berger about his new book, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, a book that highlights comical and freakish injuries that you cannot make up!