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This Week In Baseball History

Oct 25, 2017

Mike and Bill get super self-indulgent on the 30th anniversary of the Minnesota Twins' first World Series win. They look at how the club was assembled, profile manager Tom Kelly, chronicle the improbable regular and postseason runs that captured the heart of the Upper Midwest, and discuss whether these Twins were...


Oct 18, 2017

One of the most exciting and polarizing figures in baseball history, Reggie Jackson's career reached its apex 40 years ago this week, when he hit three home runs in three swings to, almost singlehandedly win Game 6, and the 1977 World Series for the Yankees. Mike and Bill are joined by CBS Sports's Dayn...


Oct 11, 2017

On the 109th anniversary of the makeup game played between the Cubs and Giants, necessitated by one of the most infamous baserunning blunders of all time, Mike and Bill chart the 1908 season, recap both the fateful day Fred Merkle's life changed and the makeup contest, and remember Merkle's overshadowed, but otherwise...


Oct 4, 2017

50 years ago this week, the Red Sox turned around a moribund and misguided franchise by clinching the AL pennant in one of the wildest races of all time. Mike and Bill look at how they reversed more than a decade of racism to become a contender, document the season's final days, and dig into Carl Yastrzemski's...