With Gaylord Perry's passing last week, Mike and Bill are reposting their profile of the big righthander from 2019, on the 37th anniversary of the only day he was ejected for doctoring the baseball. RIP to one of the greatest pitchers and characters in baseball history!

Plus, happy birthday to Dick Donovan and Shano Collins!

Perhaps more than any other sport, baseball is a game that seems to have cultivated weirdos. It's a home for people who probably wouldn't fit in anywhere else. Maybe the weirdest of those is Turk Wendell, who signed a three year, $9,999,999.99 contract with the Mets 22 years ago this week. Mike and Bill use this as an excuse to talk about him and several of their other favorite weirdos from the annals of baseball history.

Plus, happy birthday to Mike Scioscia and Wayne Garrett!

When they moved to Atlanta, the Braves decided to leave some things behind in Milwaukee. Their stadium. Their loyal fans. And the greatest pitcher in team history to that point, Warren Spahn. Like an old sofa, he was left on the sidewalk and picked up by the Mets 58 years ago this week, ending an incredible era of Braves baseball. Would the old lefty have anything left in the tank and make his old club rue the day? Mike and Bill look back on Spahn's life and career to find out.

Plus, happy birthday to Dick Bartell and Leon Cadore!

As the most electrifying pitcher in baseball at the time, the trade of Pedro Martinez from the Expos to the Red Sox overshadowed everything else 25 years ago this week, including an expansion draft. Pedro was simply too exquisite to be adequately captured in words, but Mike and Bill have decided to try.

Plus, happy birthday to Johnny Kling and Jimmie Piersall

With Mike sidelined this week, please enjoy this classic episode of TWIB History. From its founding in 1939 through 1973, Little League Baseball refused to let girls play, and was deeply and intransigently committed to that position until a New Jersey court decision forced them to relent only 46 years ago this week. Mike and Bill look back on the history of women and girls playing baseball prior to that decision and the suit that forced Little League Baseball to welcome girls. They are also joined by Dr. Justine Siegal (@justinebaseball) of Baseball For All to discuss her journey as a player, coach, and advocate for girls to have access to the game. Plus, happy birthday to Dwight Evans and Edgardo Alfonzo.

Everything ends, but some things end better than others. The way the Oakland A's dynasty of the 1970s ended was one of those others. At the request of a patron, Mike and Bill look back at how everything finally fell apart for good 46 years ago this week, and fight over who was responsible for that.

Plus, happy birthday to Joe Adcock and Mark Portugal!

Despite its name, the World Series was purely an American affair 89 times in a row, until the Toronto Blue Jays won the AL pennant and beat the Braves 30 years ago this week to take the trophy back home to Canada. How did they doo it? Mike and Bill talk about how the team was built, their exceptional regular season performance, and the team effort that won them the championship.

Plus, happy birthday to Patsy Dougherty and Rafael Belliard!

One of the greatest relievers of his day, Bruce Sutter also was a pioneer who helped turn the split-fingered fastball into the pitch of the '80s. As we mourn his passing, Mike and Bill look back on one of the most unlikely Hall of Fame careers there is.

Plus, happy birthday to Tim McCarver and Boom Boom Beck

It's not often you get straight up one-for-one trades. It's even less often that you get one that works out as designed for both teams, but that's what happened 75 years ago this week when the Yankees traded future Hall of Famer Joe Gordon for future ace Allie Reynolds. Both would be huge factors in the championship ambitions of their new teams, as Mike and Bill find out, and important to the burgeoning efforts of the American League to welcome players of color.

Plus, happy birthday to Freddie Patek and José Valentín!

Mike is traveling this week and Bill was too busy to scrounge up a Bud, so instead we're taking you all the way back to 2017, to an episode that in turn takes you allllllll the way back to 1967, covering the exciting four-way pennant race among the Sox of both colors, the Tigers and the Twins. Enjoy, and talk to you again next week!