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The 1950 Philadelphia Phillies shocked baseball by winning the National League pennant with one of the youngest teams in the game. In this episode of The Baseball Book Club, author Dennis Snelling discusses the remarkable story behind the Whiz Kids, their unforgettable season, and why this overlooked club still deserves a place among baseball's greatest teams.
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Pete Browning was one of baseball's greatest nineteenth-century hitters, yet few fans know his remarkable story. Author Tim Newby joins us to discuss The Original Louisville Slugger, uncovering the life, legacy, and tragedy of one of the game's most fascinating forgotten legends.
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Step back into the late 1970s as author David Krell discusses 1978: Baseball & America in the Disco Era. From disco and pop culture to the national pastime, this conversation explores how one unforgettable season reflected a changing America.
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What if one of baseball's most tragic moments could be rewritten? Author Howard Camerik joins The Baseball Book Club to discuss The Curse of Carl Mays, a fascinating novel that blends baseball history, alternate reality, and time-bending fiction inspired by the infamous Carl Mays–Ray Chapman incident of 1920.
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Author Marshall Garvey joins The Baseball Book Club to revisit the unforgettable 1985 Show-Me World Series between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals. From controversial calls and dramatic comebacks to behind-the-scenes stories from players and personnel on both sides, Interstate ’85 explores one of baseball’s most debated Fall Classics in vivid detail.
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Can baseball teach us how to live? Join us as we sit down with professor and author Christian Sheppard to discuss his new book, The Ancient Wisdom of Baseball. From the courage of Jackie Robinson to the cunning of Odysseus, we explore how America's pastime reenacts the classic myths of the ancient Greeks. Discover why every nine-inning game is actually a hero’s odyssey in disguise.
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Author Lenny Levine joins us to discuss his 1951 murder mystery novel, Diehard Fan, set against the backdrop of the Dodgers' historic pennant collapse.
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