Indy Neidell's Baseball History Time Machine

The response to our recent series 'Sluggers of the 1940s' was really positive, so here's the start of new Sluggers series! Today featruing Reggie Jackson, Willie Stargell, and... Mike Epstein? Also sidetracks into Craig Morton and Super Bowl 12, group two Latin nouns, and much more.

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Here's something of a holiday special for you all- a stand alone episode on 'the Three Heinies', the greatest three major leaguers who were known as 'Heinie' (short for Heinrich or Henry), one a Hall of Famer, one banned from baseball, and one a curiosity who deserves more respect than he gets. Also side tracks into the 1924 World Series, two very close batting races, 'Zimmerman's Boner', and much more.

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Today Indy and Berns finish off their two part coverage of the Emery Ball with a deep dive into the careers of its two foremost practicioners, Russ Ford and Cy Falkenberg. Also, sidetracks into Federal League teams, Claude Hendrix throwing a game, and suspicions about the 1914 World Series.

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This week we get into how the emery ball, the most devastating pitch of them all, was revealed to the general public. Of course, Indy and Berns go off on side tracks about Billy Evans, Jimmy MacAleer, Walter Johnson defacing a baseball, a recent cricket scandal, whether Berns is related to Johnny Vander Meer, Joe Niekro's embarrasing sleight of hand, and more!

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Today, Indy and Berns talk about a couple of mind boggling 20th century complete games record, and Indy spends some time talking about Hall of Famer Ted Lyons. There are also sidetracks on the deft Johnny Mostil, Charlie Robertson's perfecto, and 'the Brakeman'. Another instant classic!

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Indy and Berns look at a few records that are either techically impossible or extremely unlikely to break, and there are some side tracks like always into things like the great Louisville gambling scandal of 1877 and why Owen Wilson was called Chief. Great stuff as always!

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Is this going to be Sluggers of the 1940s part 5 or something else? We asked the piublic, and the puiblic responded- and here it is!

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Yep, we're still in the 1940s, and this time there's an awful lot about Stan Musial, with side tracks into the 'lost homer', Nate Colbert, Alex Johnson, and more close batting races. NOTE- we are aware there are some volume issues. The cable on Indy's mike was cutting in and out, and we didn't disover it until it was too late to re-record and still get the episode out on time.

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More tales and numbers about Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams and the sluggers of the 1940s, but also- sidetracks into Joe Wilhoit and the longest hitting streak, Dick Wakefield, Joe McCarthy and the 1948 pennant race, and much more!

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Picking up where we left off last time, we get into a couple of DiMaggio brothers this week, and talk a bit about Ted Williams. There's also side tracks about Dale Alexander and the two closest batting title races ever.

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