Baseball PhD (enhanced M4A)

Mar 09 2025 10 ep. 41 mins 2.5k

What would you do if you could get a PhD in life - through baseball? Welcome to Baseball PhD. A podcast for your brain. 30 major league cities, 100 places to see. Let\'s touch them all as we make a road trip of a lifetime!

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Spring Training 2025

Mar 09 2025 43 mins

We enjoy spring as spring training breaks out in Arizona and Florida. Ed Kasputis interviews Matt Moreno from dodgerblue.com about the spring training experience.

2025 Warren Spahn

Mar 05 2025 29 mins

Warren Spahn won 363 games ranking him as the winningest southpaw in Major League history. Ed Kasputis interviews author, Lew Freedman about his compelling book.

The Flip Side of Greatness

Mar 02 2025 64 mins

Ed Kasputis interviews baseball author, Chris Williams about his book, The Flip Side of Greatness: THE BASEBALL BOZO AWARD 1920-1999 which “honors” players who toiled on some of the game’s greatest teams of all time but didn’t do very well statistically.

2025 Willie McCovey

Feb 26 2025 53 mins

Let’s learn about Hall of Fame Great, Willie McCovey who hit 521 career home runs and passed away in 2018 at the age of 80. Ed Kasputis interviews baseball historian, Mark Armour about “Willie Mac.”

Travel Ball

Feb 23 2025 60 mins

While Spring Training has begun, let’s talk about the youngsters. Travel Ball, is it good or bad? Ed Kasputis interviews former prosecutor turned pitching coach and now podcaster, Jack Moore from the YouTube channel, mooretoconsider.

2025 The Walker Brothers

Feb 19 2025 19 mins

Ed Kasputis and Dave Matejczyk interview baseball historian, Craig Brown about Moses Fleetwood Walker (1856 – 1924) and Weldy Walker (1860 – 1937), who were the first two African American professional baseball players.

Mets Stories

Feb 16 2025 58 mins

Let’s go back to 1969 with former Met, Art Shamsky as Ed interviews him about his new book, Mets Stories: I Only Tell my Friends.

2025 Minicast – The Last Best League

Feb 12 2025 37 mins

Ed Kasputis interviews author Jim Collins about his updated book, The Last Best League.

2025 Just Like Me

Feb 09 2025 34 mins

Ed Kasputis interviews author, Kelly G. Park about his new book, Just Like Me: When the Pros Played on the Sandlot which is the first book to tell the story of professional baseball players’ memories of playing youth baseball.

2025 Minicast – The Last 42

Feb 05 2025 18 mins

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.