This Week in 1920s Baseball

The podsmen are back after a long hiatus to wrap up the year that was, 100 years ago. Who won the 1920 World Series? Did George Sisler end up  hitting .400? What was Josh’s old-timey baseball nickname again? Learn all this and more, on “This Week in 1920s Baseball!”  

This week in This Week in 1920s Baseball, Matt and Josh (aka Sweetbread and Bucketfoot) cover the scandal of all scandals! It was this week (mid-September) of 1920 that the news broke in papers all over the country that the White Sox threw the 1919 World Series. A grand jury was quickly convened in Chicago with subpoenas […]

This week on “This Week in 1920s Baseball,” Josh and Matt talk a bit about the fatal pitch that killed Indians shortstop Ray Chapman. More on that comping soon! They also talk about a strange little story about gamblers who got busted falsifying a report that Babe Ruth and several teammates were hurt or killed […]

This week on “This Week in 1920s Baseball” we are so happy to have a very special guest, Sean Gibson. Sean is the great-grandson of baseball great Josh Gibson and the Executive Director of the Josh Gibson Foundation. Sean came to our attention because he wrote an excellent article advocating that the MVP award be […]

On “This Week in 1920s Baseball” podsmen Matthew and Josh (aka Sweetbread and Bucketfoot) cover the only no-hitter of the 1920 season and take a look at the great Walter Johnson. They also examine the 1920 New York Giants and their remarkable second half. And, yes, they talk about old-timey nicknames a little bit, including […]

On this very special episode of “This Week in 1920s Baseball,” we have a special guest! Meet David Dunlap aka “Specs” aka “Lefty” aka “Lefty D” aka “Sure Shot.” (He has a lot of nicknames.) David joins us to play a quiz show of Bucketfoot’s creation called “Hall or Nothing.” Lefty takes on Sweetbread in […]

After picking their All-Stars for the 1920 season, Sweetbread and Bucketfoot choose their “All-Nickname” team. Call it “NAR” for nickname above replacement. In this mini-episode, they share their favorites like Pickles Dillhoefer, Ping Bodie, Pie Traynor, Slim Love, Possum Whitted, and more. Who has the highest NAR of the year? Of all-time? Tune in to […]

We’ve reached the midpoint of the season! Halfway through this historic year. The MLB All-Star Game didn’t start until 1933, but podsmen Matt and Josh (aka “Sweetbread” and “Bucketfoot”) decided to draft their own squads for an imagined mid-summer classic. There are some names you’d expect like Sisler, Hornsby, and Ruth, but also surprises! Hear […]

Podsmen Matt and Josh look at the money side of baseball, as big a part of the game in 1920 as it is today. They also look at some on-field action, covering an important four-game series between the first place Indians and second place Yankees. Player profiles include “Baby Doll” Jacobson and “Specs” Meadows. All […]

After a cool April to 1920, Babe Ruth is starting to heat up! He hit a bunch of circuit swats in May; reporters and fans alike are getting excited!  Podsmen too. Hear all about Babe’s hot month as well as the other batsmen making noise in the early part of 1920 on “This Week in […]