Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)

We’re excited as MLB Summer Camps open throughout the baseball land. We discuss the upcoming season but thoughtfully ponder what if various scenarios play out with COVID 19 and force the close of the 2020 season.

Ed Kasputis interviews author, Dan Epstein about his book, Stars and Strikes: Baseball and America in the Bicentennial Summer of ’76.

We celebrate as MLB Spring Training 2.0 begins on July 1, 2020. We fear that a second wave of the coronavirus could be starting. Our PhD Committee ponders as Ed Kasputis interviews Chris Vitali from ballnine.com.

Let’s go back to 1975 and remember The Great Eight from the Big Red Machine as Ed Kasputis interviews baseball researcher and editor, Mark Armour.

We are tired of the noise as MLB owners and the MLB Player’s Association continue to bicker about whether to start the 2020 season. Our PhD Committee discusses and our podcast concludes as we get perspective from the one and only, Zack Hample.

Ed Kasputis interviews comedian and author, Steve Melia about his book, The Last 42: Life is Short – Enjoy the Journey which honors both Yankee closer, Mariano Rivera and Steve’s older brother, Jim who passed away on August 2, 2013.

Commissioner Manfred has promised that there will be a 2020 MLB Season. We celebrate and discuss but with an eye on the reality that the devil is always in the details.

Ed Kasputis interviews children’s author, Dan Gutman about his book, Ray & Me.

The players and owners are deadlocked? Could the Commissioner unilaterally declare a 60 game MLB regular season? If so, let’s play ball!

Let’s go back to 2013 when they played baseball in June as Ed Kasputis interviews John Garner, Director of Communications of the Cape Cod League.